1870 - Light by refraction is demonstrated by John Tyndall to the Royal Society. He calls the tube of water the "light-pipe".
1956 - First patent of fiber optic semi-flexible gastroschope by Unviresty of Michigan's Basil Hirschowitz, C. Wilbur Peters and Lawrence E. Curtiss.
1960 - Narinder Singh Kapany starts Optics Technology Inc. and retains the executive positive for 12 years.
1965 - Practical use of optical fibers was cosidered and suggested by Charles K. Kao and George A. Hockham of Standard Telephones and Cables (STC).
1970 - Attenuation of 20dB/km by researchers from Corning Glass Works was successful by doping sicica glass with titanium.
197(3) - A few years after Corning Glass Works produces 17dB/km fiber they expiriment with germanium dioxide as a dopant and conduct 4dB/km. This allowed for intense communication such became the internet.
1973 - Gerhand Bernsee invents glass core and sheath fiber that resists aging.
1981 - GE, General Electric makes fused quartz ingots drawn into fiber optics 25 miles long.
1991 - Studies of photonic crystals leds to photonic crystal fiber which uses periodic structre, opposed to internal refraction.
2000 - Commercially available photonic crystal fibers enable manipulation to improve performance and create a faster internet over longer distances.
2008 - Rumors that companies are in development of fibers that manage speeds of up to 1 Tb/s.
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