由英国科学家发现的索里通(Soliton)光脉冲将开辟光通讯的新纪元。据估计,本世纪末,国际电讯将普遍采用这种特殊的光脉冲。过去20年,光纤维给世界的电话系统带来了革命性的变化。通过将语言变成光脉冲并沿着超净玻璃纤维传递这些脉冲,通讯工程师可将成万的电话会话汇聚在一根纤维中传递。 Soliton light pulses discovered by British scientists will open up a new era in optical communications. It is estimated that international telecommunications will generally adopt this special light pulse at the end of this century. In the past 20 years, optical fiber has revolutionized the world’s telephone system. By turning the language into light pulses and transmitting these pulses along the ultra-clean glass fiber, communication engineers can converge thousands of telephone conversations into one fiber.