Sunday, March 4, 2012

How is Visible light and infrared used for communication?

What is it used for in communication and How does it work? I'm 14 so please give a fairly simple yet detailed answer.How is Visible light and infrared used for communication?
Basically - like this . . . .



Visible light: a simple source of light is focussed into a narrow beam at the transmitter and aimed at the receiver where the light beam hits a photo-cell. This converts the light back into an electrical current.

Infra-red: much same as above.



To convey information over the link, the light (or infra-red) waves are modulated with the signal that you want to transmit.

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