> I stand corrected - it is not a laser. But the optical
> networks are, right? Just a bit confused, that's all,
> after talking to Nortel people.
Yes. Optical networks are usually either visible-red or infrared lasers
on specially formed fibers (multimode, graded-index, etc. to minimize loss
far beyond standard fibers) with multiplexing to carry more.
/Andrew
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