Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!wuarchive!udel!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!o.gp.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!mh2f+ From: mh2f+@andrew.cmu.edu (Mark Hahn) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Optical interconnects Message-ID: Date: 9 Mar 91 08:19:05 GMT References: <782@spim.mips.COM>, <1991Mar8.163308.2113@cbnewsi.att.com> Distribution: usa Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 11 In-Reply-To: <1991Mar8.163308.2113@cbnewsi.att.com> behzad@vax135.att.com said that polishing and inspecting fiber was a big pain. of course, he was referring to glass, which would be prefered for low loss in a long haul connection. plastic fiber, on the other hand, can be 'finished' with a hot-knife or with some sort of epoxy. Radio Schlock once carried a 5M length of plasic with a LED and photodiode (or transistor, maybe). Note also that a recent EDN has a (terribly vapid) article touching on the available transcivers. If anyone finds something good, please post it, since lots of us would like to play with fiber. regards, mark