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An Introduction to Optics and Communication
This site is a learning resource for the NSW Year 11 Syllabus Unit 8.2: "The world Communicates" and for anyone else interested in communications or communications research. The site is sponsored by the Centre for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems, or CUDOS which operates within the School of Physics at the University of Sydney. You can visit the CUDOS Home Page, in a new browser window, by clicking the logo at the bottom of any page.
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If you are a Year 11 Physics student, you will find lesson notes and references for this unit by clicking the image to the left or by following the Student Guide tab.
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