ORCID Profile
0000-0002-1743-3959
Current Organisation
GlobalFoundries (Singapore)
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Publisher: OSA
Date: 2015
Publisher: SPIE
Date: 27-09-2016
DOI: 10.1117/12.2237442
Publisher: IEEE
Date: 07-2017
Publisher: SPIE
Date: 27-09-2016
DOI: 10.1117/12.2238222
Publisher: SPIE
Date: 28-06-2023
DOI: 10.1117/12.2672861
Publisher: SPIE
Date: 16-08-2017
DOI: 10.1117/12.2266445
Publisher: The Optical Society
Date: 13-11-2014
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.029008
Publisher: SPIE
Date: 08-10-2015
DOI: 10.1117/12.2223239
Publisher: IEEE
Date: 09-2015
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 04-04-2012
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Date: 15-04-2016
Publisher: SPIE
Date: 16-08-2017
DOI: 10.1117/12.2266451
Publisher: OSA
Date: 2013
Publisher: OSA
Date: 2013
Publisher: SPIE
Date: 02-07-2019
DOI: 10.1117/12.2523481
Publisher: SPIE
Date: 27-09-2016
DOI: 10.1117/12.2236977
Publisher: OSA
Date: 2015
Publisher: IOP Publishing
Date: 26-06-2019
Abstract: Optical fibre communication enables the global internet, but few youths ever learn about how it works, even at a basic level, until tertiary education. While some middle school curricula might include simple geometrical optics concepts like reflection and refraction, they often lack contextual linkage to worldwide telecommunications. Through our studies, we have found that students are more engaged in the learning process when the material directly relates to real life. To address this gap, and moreover to tackle the issue of the STEM skills shortage, we have designed a self-contained lesson to introduce youths to this topic. It is modularised into three parts, beginning with using light to communicate Morse code, and then covering advanced themes such as multiplexing and fibre guidance based on total internal reflection. The modules can be taught sequentially or in idually depending on educational level. They emphasise a more phenomenological than theoretical approach and include hands-on activities using easily obtainable materials. We outline the lesson and pedagogical guidelines for classroom settings, as well as evaluate actual classes run. This lesson can be flexibly implemented in formal classes or through educational outreach programmes.
Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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