Tackling Africa's digital divide

Lavery, Martin and Abadi, Mansour and Bauer, Ralf and Brambilla, Gilberto and Cheng, Ling and Cox, Mitchell and Dudley, Angela and Ellis, Andrew and Fontaine, Nicolas and Kelly, Anthony and Marquardt, Christoph and Matlhane, Selaelo and Ndagano, Bienvenu and Petruccione, Francesco and Slavik, Radan and Romanato, Filippo and Rosales-Guzman, Carmelo and Roux, Filippus and Roux, Kobus and Wang, Jian and Forbes, Andrew (2018) Tackling Africa's digital divide. Nature Photonics, 12. pp. 249-252. ISSN 1749-4885

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    Abstract

    Innovations in 'sustainable' photonics technologies such as free-space optical links and solar-powered equipment provide developing countries with new cost-effective opportunities for deploying future-proof telecommunication networks.

    Author(s):Lavery, Martin, Abadi, Mansour, Bauer, Ralf ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7927-9435, Brambilla, Gilberto, Cheng, Ling, Cox, Mitchell, Dudley, Angela, Ellis, Andrew, Fontaine, Nicolas, Kelly, Anthony, Marquardt, Christoph, Matlhane, Selaelo, Ndagano, Bienvenu, Petruccione, Francesco, Slavik, Radan, Romanato, Filippo, Rosales-Guzman, Carmelo, Roux, Filippus, Roux, Kobus, Wang, Jian and Forbes, Andrew
    Item type:Article
    ID code:63904
    Notes:Article title altered during editorial changes from "Sustainable photonics that bridge the digital divide" to "Tackling Africa's digital divide".
    Keywords:Africa, photonics, communication systems, Internet, quantum key distribution , Optics. Light, Regional planning, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
    Subjects:Science > Physics > Optics. Light
    Social Sciences > Communities. Classes. Races > Regional planning
    Department:Faculty of Engineering > Electronic and Electrical Engineering
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:30 Apr 2018 15:01
    Last modified:11 Nov 2019 09:17
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/63904
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