What'S my average speed for the trip? - ..... How many miles before I need gas? - - - - How long have I been on the road? - - - .-. What are my rpm's? ... ....., --t.., How many miles to my destination? What time will I arrive?
years invente Professor erfect ap ef ewe e aser; e a a · cation for i ... - -......... .......... .......... ...... - .....--. .-. - --. ...... ...... ...... ....... ...-. -.-.... ...... ........ .-. ....... - .---- .......... ..-. --- - .-.-. - - --- -- - - ,......,. ........... In 1880, only four years after he invented the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for a remarkable idea- using light, rather than wire, to carry phone calls. Professor Bell built an experI- mental "Photophone" that trans,mitted his voice over a beam of sunlight. It didn't work very well, however. Sunbeams are scattered by air, rain and fog. In any event, the sun doesn't always shine. The Photophone, unfortunately, was an idea whose time had not yet come A new kind of light By the 1950's, scientists again were looking for a way to use light for communications In September, 1957, Charles Townes, a Bell Labs consultant, and Bell Labs scientist Arthur Schawlow conceived a way of producing a new kind of light- extremely intense, highly direc- tional, and capable of carrying immense amounts of information. Townes and Schawlow received a basic patent on their invention-the laser. Since then, Bell Labs scien- tists have invented hundreds of lasers, including many firsts- gas and solid-state lasers capable of continuous operation, high- power carbon dioxide lasers, liquid dye lasers that produce pulses shorter than a trillionth of a second, and tiny semi- conductor lasers that work reliably at normal temperatures Some of these, no larger than grains of salt, may emit light continuously for 100 years. Getting the light to the end of the tunnel While we were developing lasers to generate light, we also looked for a way of shielding it and guiding It for long distances and around curves. Extremely transparent glass fibers, perfected at Bell Labs and elsewhere, provide the answer. These hair-thin fibers can carry light many miles without distortion or the need for amplification. In 1977, the Bell System took lightwave communications out of the laboratory and put it to work under the streets of down- town Chicago. The system, the first to carry phone calls, computer data, and video signals on pulses of light, is working successfully. Spin -off Laser light is now used in many other ways-to perform delicate eye surgery, detect air pollution, read product codes at supermarket checkouts, and do a variety of manufacturing tasks. Western Electric, the Bell System's manufacturing and supply unit, was the first company to put the laser to industrial use back in 1965. Hundreds of applications in many industries have followed. Sometimes, it takes a lot of work and a long time to make a bright idea-like Professor Bell's-a reality. Often, the things we invent, such as the laser, benefit not only Bell System customers, but society in general. Bell Laboratories 600 Mountain Avenue Murray Hill, N.J. 07974 Bell Laboratories We work for the phone company. And you
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