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The 12 pages that link to Optical communication, each with the reason it gives.

• PhotodetectorRelated: A receiver photodetector converts modulated light pulses back into electrical signals.

• Radio frequencyCompared with: Optical links use much higher-frequency carriers than RF communication.

• Radio communicationCompared with: It uses optical-frequency carriers rather than radio-frequency waves.

• TelecommunicationsCompared with: It is one transmission family within telecommunications, distinct from electrical and radio signaling.

• Deep-space communicationCompared with: Laser links offer high data rates but demand especially precise pointing.

• Fiber laserRelated: Erbium-doped fiber lasers and amplifiers serve wavelength bands used in fiber networks.

• Avalanche photodiodeRelated: Avalanche photodiodes detect weak, rapidly changing signals at optical receivers.

• Alexander ProkhorovRelated: Laser development opened practical routes to carrying signals as focused light.

• Radio-frequency engineeringCompared with: It performs similar communication functions at optical rather than radio frequencies.

• Charles K. KaoNarrower topic: Kao’s fiber proposal was a practical route to carrying optical communication over long distances.

• Optical computingNarrower topic: Communication systems are the most widespread practical use of information carried by light.

• Optical fiber coreNarrower topic: Telecommunication signals propagate through fiber cores over long distances.