[ILUG] New technology/ maybe OT

[silvan]

I'm sure that these guy's in Germany do know what they are doing and why.
Whereas I would only have a glimpse of an idea as to what they are doing and
how. My version (my words) I'm sure don't suffice the extend of the
technology either.
Silvan
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>
> The "comb" would have to have a thicker granulairty than that,
> 100 colours would have inter and intra modal dispersion and interferance
> effects on each other, in multi mode fiber. Also the German fiber network
> uses mono mode fiber which would mean that they would have to time splice
the
> different components of the light as they have only one "channel" (mode)
in
> the fiber to use.
>
> Jason (remebering his phyiscal optoelectroincs degree)
>