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One of the strongest motivations for using optical waveguides is the large information capacity of an optical link. Much of this capacity comes from the high carrier frequency of the light itself (on the order of 1014 Hz). If even 1% of the total bandwidth available could be utilized, the information transmitted on one optical beam would be enough to handle over 10$ telephone calls. While it is unlikely there will ever be demand for that many simultaneous telephone calls on one line, applications such as video require large bandwidths and can take advantage of such capacity.
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Pollock, C.R., Lipson, M. (2003). Dispersion in Waveguides. In: Integrated Photonics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-5522-0_6
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