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光通信工学

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光通信工学（Optical Communication Engineering）は光通信システム（Optical Communication System）の基本的な仕組みを明らかにし、発展させる学問である。光通信システムは世界で最も高性能の大容量長距離通信システムであり、インタネットの情報伝送機能を担って共に発展し、さらに別途、ビッグデータを蓄積するデータセンター内などの近距離の情報機器間の接続を果たす機能を持つシステムもあり、ICT文明の発展に貢献している。こうした情報伝送には主に各種の光ファイバや半導体レーザ、そして各種の光デバイスや電子デバイスが用いられ、総称して光ファイバ通信（Optical Fiber Communication）ともいわれる。実況中継や宇宙における光通信のように空間伝搬光通信もある。

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^ 末松安晴、「わが国の光ファイバ通信研究 (前編・後編)」、科研費NEWS、2015年度
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^ 編集委員会（神谷武志委員長）編、「光情報通信技術ハンドブック」コロナ社、2007。