Lubelskie światłowody [1]

The history of Lublin (but also Polish) fiber optics began in 1975 at UMCS and continues to this day. Knowledge about the production of special, very pure silica glass was poor, which makes the achievements of Lublin chemists, who at the same time as technology developed, had to learn and apply the theory of light propagation, even more significant. The presented article is a summary of 50 years of research on fiber optics at the Lublin center.