This tutorial explores the fundamentals of optical networking technologies, terminology, history, and future technologies currently in development.

Example topics include:

* How fibers work (the basics, fiber types and limitations, etc.)
* Working with optics (choosing the right type, designing optical networks, etc.)
* Optical power (understanding dBm, loss, use of light meters, etc.)
* DWDM (how it works, muxes, oadms, amps, etc.)
* Dispersion (what is it, why do we care, how can we fix it)
* Optical myths (can I hurt myself looking at fiber optics, can I overload my optics, etc.)

Speaker: Richard Steenbergen – Petabit Scale

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