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Single-Mode Optical Fiber Allows Almost-Lossless Lightwave Transmission
When people talk fiber optics these days, they're usually alluding to a type of fiber that was just beginning to appear commercially a year ago. Last year only about 4 percent of the fiber installed in the United States was single mode; this year single mode will be a large majority.
Publish Date: 01 May 1984