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			<image:caption><![CDATA[End of Long-Haul Microwave Waveguide, with flexible optical fibre for comparison]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Optical fibre is more flexible than microwave waveguide]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Alec Reeves (inventor of PCM and OBOE) initially led the optical communications research team at STL]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Charles Kao during visit to STL in 2002]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Time and Tide - A Memoir, by Charles Kao]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Time and Tide &#8211; A Memoir]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[George Hockham]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[George Hockham &amp; Charles Kao at the Rank Prize presentation event]]></image:caption>
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		<loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/who/stl-org-1967/]]></loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[STL Organisation Chart 1967]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[STL Organisation Chart 1967 - Optical team highlighted]]></image:caption>
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		<loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/what-if-never-invented/]]></loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[End of Long-Haul Microwave Waveguide, with flexible optical fibre for comparison]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Optical fibre is more flexible than microwave waveguide]]></image:title>
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		<loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/222-2/]]></loc>
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		<loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/who/charles-kuen-kao/nobel-prize/]]></loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Charles Kao and wife Gwen with Nobel medal]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Souvenir Hong Kong stamp, Charles Kao Nobel Prize in Physics 2009]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Kao Hong Kong Stamp 2009]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Blue Plaque in Harlow Water Gardens, commemorating the 2009 Nobel Prize]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Plaque in Harlow UTC, unveiled on March 21st 2012]]></image:caption>
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		<loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/how/first-press-release-1966/]]></loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Header of first optical fibre press release, Jan 1966]]></image:caption>
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		<loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/images/the-hitchin-stevenage-140mbs-field-demonstration/]]></loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Map of 9 km optical fibre transmission system route between Hitchin &amp; Stevenage. The black squares are the signal regenerators.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[David Dalgoutte aligning the optical connectors on an optical regenerator.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[David Dalgoutte aligning optical connectors on a regenerator]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hitchin-Stevenage optical fibre cable being installed.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Hitchin-Stevenage optical fibre cable being installed. Charles Sandbank and others look on.]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Optical fibre cable being installed between Hitchin &amp; Stevenage]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Optical cable installed between Hitchin &#038; Stevenage]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Scanned_slides-25-Edit-Edit.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[140 Mbit/s Optical Regenerator for Hitchin Stevenage link]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[140 Mbit/s Optical Regenerator for Hitchin Stevenage link]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/MikeWright.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mike Wright checking the regenerator]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[MikeWright]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Scanned_slides.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tony Jessop aligning the optical connectors on a 140 Mb/s regenerator at Hitchin - 1977]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Tony Jessop]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/HitStevRegenSet.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pair of optical regenerators in their watertight footway box]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Pair of optical regenerators in footway box]]></image:title>
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		<loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/who/charles-kuen-kao/charles-kaos-notes-a/]]></loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[1 Optical Communications systems, Background, 1.7.63 ]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Kao_Notes_Part_1_1]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/20160308-Kao_Notes_Part_1_2.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[2 &quot;Present position: Sources Coherent&quot; Lasers etc.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Kao_Notes_Part_1_2]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/20160308-Kao_Notes_Part_1_3.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[3 &quot;Repeaters&quot; Possibilities exist for a repeater using laser as an amplifier]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Kao_Notes_Part_1_3]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/20160308-Kao_Notes_Part_1_4.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[4 &quot;the excitation may be achieved..&quot;]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Kao_Notes_Part_1_4]]></image:title>
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		<loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/who/charles-kuen-kao/charles-kaos-notes-b/]]></loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[1 &quot;Dramatis Personae&quot;]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Kao_Notes_Part_2_01]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[2 &quot;Work being done + information required&quot;]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Kao_Notes_Part_2_02]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/20160308-Kao_Notes_Part_2_03.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[3 Lasers &quot;Manufacture, Experimental&quot; &quot;Further Development&quot;]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Kao_Notes_Part_2_03]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[4 Lasers &quot;HeNe Laser - Simon Laurence, GaAs&quot;]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Kao_Notes_Part_2_04]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/20160308-Kao_Notes_Part_2_05.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[5 &quot;Modulators, GaAs &amp; KDP&quot;]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Kao_Notes_Part_2_05]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/20160308-Kao_Notes_Part_2_06.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[6 &quot;Detector&quot;]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Kao_Notes_Part_2_06]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/20160308-Kao_Notes_Part_2_07.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[7 &quot;Laser, pulse&quot; &quot;1.7.63&quot;]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Kao_Notes_Part_2_07]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/20160308-Kao_Notes_Part_2_08.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[8 Five circled items  ]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Kao_Notes_Part_2_08]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/20160308-Kao_Notes_Part_2_09.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[9 Optical transmission system block diagrams]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Kao_Notes_Part_2_09]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[10 &quot;S. Saito Tokyo&quot;]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Kao_Notes_Part_2_10]]></image:title>
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		<loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/images/rogues-gallery/]]></loc>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Reeves-with-PCM.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Alec Reeves (inventor of PCM and OBOE) initially led the optical communications research team at STL]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Reeves with PCM]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/TrevorDavies-RedFibre.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Trevor Davies - Red light scattering from side of early fibre]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Trevor Davis]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Chris-Dobson-Laser.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Murray Ramsay, Bill Taylor &amp; Chris Dobson]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Murray Ramsay, Bill Taylor &#038; Chris Dobson]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/earlyHeNeQ.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Who is this? working on a HeNe laser]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Early HeNe Laser]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/DewarPipe.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Who is this working on the Optical Pipe?, refilling a dewar with liquid Nitrogen]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Reflective pipe optical transmission experiment at STL]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Ian-Turner-Optical-Pipe.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ian Turner with Optical Pipe]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Ian Turner Optical Pipe]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/1164.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bernard Fairchild measuring thin-film optical waveguide properties]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Bernard Fairchild]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/1180-2-1.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chris Wright measuring polarisation properties]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Chris Wright]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/OldSTLNegs-1214.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bernard Fairchild]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Bernard Fairchild]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Unknown-in-Fibre-Lab.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Who is this? examining light propagation through single-mode fibre]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Single Mode Fibre sample evaluation]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/20110302-Chris-Wright-and-Mervyn-Jones-STL.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chris Wright and Mervyn Jones at STL]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Chris Wright and Mervyn Jones]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/OldSTLNegs-1220.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Trevor Davies]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Trevor Davies]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Slideset-1150.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Trevor Davies]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Trevor Davies]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/20110302-Charles-Kao-and-Chris-Wright-Physics-Exhib-1967.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chris Wright and Charles Kao at the 1967 Physics Exhibition, London]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Charles Kao and Chris Wright demonstrate fibre at the 1967 Physics Exhibition]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Ramsay-the-Queenjpg.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Murray Ramsay explains Optical Fibre Communications to the Queen at the IEE in 1971]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Murray Ramsay meets the Queen]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/george_charles.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[George Hockham &amp; Charles Kao at the Rank Prize presentation]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[George Hockham &#038; Charles Kao]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Scanned_slides.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tony Jessop aligning the optical connectors on a 140 Mb/s regenerator at Hitchin - 1977]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Tony Jessop]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/DSCN9898.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Jim Titchmarsh, George Cannel, John Irven, Charles Kao, George Hockham, Charlie Sandbank, Phil Black, Gary Sapsford, Simon Laurence, Brian Prossor, Ron Lomax, Robin Thompson &lt;br&gt;- photo at 2002 reunion, by Richard Epworth ]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[2002 Fibre team reunion at STL]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/CoolpixS2-1453.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Charles Kao in London 2010]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Charles Kao London 2010]]></image:title>
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	<url>
		<loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/images/underseaimages/]]></loc>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/globeTransparent.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Undersea transatlantic fibre transmission system, UK to USA]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Undersea globe image]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Cableship-LochFyne.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cableship laying optical fibre cable in LochFyne]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Cableship LochFyne]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/LochFyne1.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cable trial in LochFyne]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[LochFyne Cable Trial]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/CoolpixS2-1419.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Undersea Regenerator unit, from 280Mb/s UK-Belgium system 1986]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[UK Belgium Regen 1986]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/undersea_cablelayingship.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cable laying ship deploying fibre cable]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[undersea_cablelayingship]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/underseacable_loadingontoShip.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Undersea cable being stowed in ship&#039;s storage tank]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Undersea cable in storage tank]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/landing-cable-onshore.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Landing UK-Belgium fibre cable at Broadstairs, UK in 1985]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[landing cable onshore]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Undersea-splice-deployment.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[TAT8 Optical Fibre cable splice being deployed off ship - Steve Jones]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Undersea splice deployment]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/UnderseRepeaters_Readytogo.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[TAT-8 Optical repeaters on ship readied for deployment]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[TAT-8 Optical repeaters ready for deployment]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/UnderseaCable-Nice.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Unarmoured undersea optical fibre cable]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Unarmoured undersea fibre cable]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/UnderseaCable-Armoured.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Armoured undersea optical fibre cable]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Undersea armoured optical fibre cable]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Undersea-cable-Screened.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Undersea optical fibre cable, with screen]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Undersea optical fibre cable, with screen]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Undersea-cable-No-Screen.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Undersea fibre cable without screen]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Undersea optical fibre cable]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Undersea-cable-2-types.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Undersea optical fibre cables, with and without screen.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Undersea cable 2 types]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Undersea-Repeater-board-TAT8.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[TAT8 Undersea Repeater circuit board]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Undersea Repeater board TAT8]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Cablelayingship_LochFyne2.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cableship laying optical fibre cable in LochFyne]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Cableship_LochFyne2]]></image:title>
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		<loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/images/early-fibre-systems/]]></loc>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/PWM_BundleLink.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[20 Metre fibre bundle transmission system 1967]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[20 Metre fibre bundle transmission system 1967]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/20Mfibrebundle_loose1967.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[20 metre optical fibre bundle made by Richard Epworth 1967]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[20Mfibrebundle_loose1967]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/PPMLinkTV.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[1973 Video transmission system. GaAs swan-cavity Laser, Single Multimode fibre, Pulse Position Modulation, Avalanche photodiode.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[PPMLinkTV]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/DorsetPolice.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[1973 World&#039;s first commercial fibre transmission system - Customer: Dorset Police HQ]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Dorset Police system]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/34MbitSystem.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[34 Mbit/second fibre transmission system]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[34 Mbit/second fibre transmission system]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/ScansOptical-0066.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Block diagram of 34 Mbit/second fibre transmission system]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[34Mbit System Block Diagram]]></image:title>
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		<loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/images/long-haul-microwave-waveguide/]]></loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Helical Copper wire being wound onto the former]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Helical Copper wire being wound onto the former &#8211; Manufacture of a Long-Haul Microwave Waveguide]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Close-up of winding the copper wire onto the former]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Manufacture of Long-Haul Microwave Waveguide &#8211; Winding the copper wire]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/NewDec3_2009-1262.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Stranding the Carbon fibre reinforcement on top of the helical Copper wire]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Manufacture of a Long-Haul Microwave Waveguide &#8211; Carbon fibre reinforcement]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/NewDec3_2009-1267.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Close-up of stranding the glass fibre reinforcement]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Close-up of stranding the glass fibre reinforcement on top of the Carbon fibre strands]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/NewDec3_2009-1265.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Stranding the glass-fibre reinforcment on top of the Carbon fibre strands]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Stranding the glass-fibre reinforcment &#8211; Manufacture of a Long-Haul Microwave Waveguide]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/NewDec3_2009-1257.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Manufacture of Long-Haul Microwave Waveguide - Curing Oven]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Manufacture of Long-Haul Microwave Waveguide &#8211; Curing Oven]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/NewDec3_2009-1258.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Removal of former at the final stage of manufacture of Long-Haul Microwave Waveguide]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Manufacture of Long-Haul Microwave Waveguide &#8211; Removal of former]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/NewDec3_2009-1264.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pulling the former out]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Microwave Waveguide]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/1192-2.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Samples of Long-haul Microwave Waveguide]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Samples of Long-haul Microwave Waveguide]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/NewDec3_2009-1261.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Microwave waveguide joint - sectioned]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Waveguide Joint]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/fibrestory-1655.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Section through Long Haul Microwave Waveguide]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Section through Long Haul Microwave Waveguide]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/fibrestory-1653.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Section of Long Haul Microwave Waveguide]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[fibrestory-1653]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/LoongHaulWguideRangesmaller.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Long-Haul Microwave Waveguide test range at Frogmore Hall]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Long-Haul Microwave Waveguide Range]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/oldSTLnegs-1221.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[End of Long-Haul Microwave Waveguide, with flexible optical fibre for comparison]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Optical fibre is more flexible than microwave waveguide]]></image:title>
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		<loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/about-this-site/]]></loc>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/20m-Fibre-Bundle-End.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The end of a 20 metre optical fibre bundle containing 81 fibres]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[81 fibre bundle 1967]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/20Mfibrebundle_loose1967.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[20 metre optical fibre bundle made by Richard Epworth 1967]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[20Mfibrebundle_loose1967]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/CoolpixS2-1440.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Richard Epworth with Charles Kao, in London for celebrations of his Nobel Prize in Physics]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Richard Epworth with Charles Kao]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/MyHandFibre-Edit-2.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Richard Epworth had a hand in fibre]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[MyHandFibre-Colour]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/images/cables/]]></loc>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/NewDec3_2009-1218.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Early copper cable containing several wire pairs]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Early copper wire cable]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Scanned_slides-56.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Three Cables: A multi-pair copper cable, a multiple co-ax cable, and a fibre cable for size comparision]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[3 Cable types]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/CoaxPic.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Copper cable containing several co-axial tubes]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Multi-tube Coaxial cable]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/fibrestory-1652.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cable containing several Copper co-axial cables, plus several wire pairs]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Copper co-axial cable plus pairs]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/NewDec3_2009-1330.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Copper-based co-axial undersea cable]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[NewDec3_2009-1330]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/oldSTLnegs-1206.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[World&apos;s first single-mode optical communications fibre 1965]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[World&#8217;s first single mode optical communications fibre]]></image:title>
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		<image:image>
			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/20Mfibrebundle_loose1967.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[20 metre optical fibre bundle made by Richard Epworth 1967]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[20Mfibrebundle_loose1967]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Scanned_slides-41.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Multi-fibre cable used in the Hitchin-Stevenage system 1977]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Multi-fibre cable Hitchin-Stevenage system]]></image:title>
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		<image:image>
			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Fibres_Arty.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Optical fibre cable]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Fibre Cable]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/NewDec3_2009-1290.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Single optical fibre cable]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Single optical fibre cable]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/OpticalCableCollection.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Collection of various Optical Cables]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Optical Cable Collection]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Scanned_slides-70.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Three very different types of optical cable]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Three types of optical cable]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Undersea-cable-2-types.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Undersea optical fibre cables, with and without screen.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Undersea cable 2 types]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Undersea-cable-Screened.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Undersea optical fibre cable, with screen]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Undersea optical fibre cable, with screen]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Undersea-cable-No-Screen.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Undersea fibre cable without screen]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Undersea optical fibre cable]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/UnderseaCable-Armoured.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Armoured undersea optical fibre cable]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Undersea armoured optical fibre cable]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/images/connecting-fibres/]]></loc>
		<lastmod><![CDATA[2016-04-30T09:03:14+00:00]]></lastmod>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/jewel_ferrule_section.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Optical fibre connector ferrule cross cection showing precision watch jewel]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[jewel_ferrule_section]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/ScansOptical-0081.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Early optical ferrule terminations, using precision ruby watch jewels for concentricity]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Early optical ferrule terminations]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/EarlyOpticalConnector.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Early single fibre optical connector assembly, dismantled]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[EarlyOpticalConnector]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Early-Multifibre-Connector.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Early (1976) Multi-fibre optical connector]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Early Multi-fibre connector]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Hitchin-Stevenage-Connector.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Connector for the Hitchin-Stevenage field demonstration system ]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Hitchin-Stevenage Connector]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Military-Robust-Connector.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Robust Military Connector. Uses expanded beam to minimise impact of dirt ingestion]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Military Robust Connector]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Connector-splice-3.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rugged optical connector in water ]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Connector-splice-3]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Connector-splice-4.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rugged optical connector under test]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Connector-splice-4]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Connector-splice-2.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rugged optical connector being run over]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Connector-splice-2]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Scanned_slides-30.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rugged optical connector under test, under tank!]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Scanned_slides-30]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/ConnectorImage20.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Modern Optical Connector, showing ferrule and alignment guide]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[ConnectorImage20]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/SplicingBlue.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pair of fibres aligned and ready to splice]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Pair of fibres ready to splice]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/NewDec3_2009-1256.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Striking a tiny electric arc to fusion splice two fibres together]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Arc splicing a fibre splice]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/fibre_splice.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pair of optical fibres fusion spliced together (imperfectly)]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[fibre_splice]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/ArcSplicingFibre.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Striking a tiny electric arc to fusion splice two fibres together]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[ArcSplicingFibre]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/fibre-splicing.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Alex Robertson using the &quot;collapse capilliary&quot; technique to splice fibres together in 1977]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Photo Courtesy of Nortel]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/how-made/]]></loc>
		<lastmod><![CDATA[2016-04-19T13:16:28+00:00]]></lastmod>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/NewDec3_2009-1219.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Three early optical fibre-making processes]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Three early fibre-making techniques]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/FibreFab__A.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Silica Fibre Fabrication]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Silica Fibre Fabrication-1]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/FibreFab_B.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The heated preform end is drawn down into a thin fibre]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Silica Fibre Fabrication-2]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/images/fibre-manufacture/]]></loc>
		<lastmod><![CDATA[2017-09-16T15:36:47+00:00]]></lastmod>
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		<image:image>
			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/CladSingleMode.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Single Mode optical fibre with denser core glass]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[CladSingleMode]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/oldSTLnegs-1206.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[World&apos;s first single-mode optical communications fibre 1965]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[World&#8217;s first single mode optical communications fibre]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/NewDec3_2009-1219.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Three early optical fibre-making processes]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Three early fibre-making techniques]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Drawing-start.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Starting Optical Fibre Drawing]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Starting Optical Fibre Drawing]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/FibreFab__A.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Silica Fibre Fabrication]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Silica Fibre Fabrication-1]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Scanned_slides-2-2.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fibre preform deposition - Ian Peake?]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Scanned_slides-2-2]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Deposition.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Core glass being deposited on the inside of a rotating Silica tube]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Fibre deposition]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Charles-kao-watching-fabrication.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Charles Kao watching fibre fabrication]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Charles Kao watching fabrication]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/FibreFab_B.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The heated preform end is drawn down into a thin fibre]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Silica Fibre Fabrication-2]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/FibrePull.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fibre preform being drawn into fibre using a graphite furnace. John Gannon &amp; Alex Robertson]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Fibre preform drawing graphite]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/images/lasers/]]></loc>
		<lastmod><![CDATA[2016-05-29T11:24:20+00:00]]></lastmod>
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		<image:image>
			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Early-Sawn-cavity-laser.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sawn-cavity semiconductor laser]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Early sawn-cavity GaAs semiconductor laser]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/laser-chip-clamp.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Early Gallium Arsenide laser in clamp heatsink]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Early Gallium Arsenide laser in clamp heatsink]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Scanned_slides-62-2.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[GaAs laser mounted on stud package ]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Scanned_slides-62-2]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Array-of-early-lasers.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Eleven early semiconductor laser packages]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Array of early lasers]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/LaserHair-2.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Semiconductor stripe laser with human hair for size comparison]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Stripe Laser and Hair]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/LaserPackage.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Single-mode fibre-aligned laser package]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[LaserPackage]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/how/optical-pipe/]]></loc>
		<lastmod><![CDATA[2017-09-16T14:59:41+00:00]]></lastmod>
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		<image:image>
			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/OpticalPipe1.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Optical Pipe schematic]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[OpticalPipe]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Ian-Turner-Optical-Pipe-1.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Optical Pipe waveguide - Reflective tube]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Ian Turner Optical Pipe]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/OpticalPipeScreen.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Reflective optical pipe with screen]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Reflective pipe optical transmission experiment at STL]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/how/confocal-lens-system/]]></loc>
		<lastmod><![CDATA[2016-10-25T22:44:31+00:00]]></lastmod>
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		<image:image>
			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/ConfocalLenses.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Confocal Lenses]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[ConfocalLenses]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Lens.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Confocal Lens in heated box ]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Confocal Lens]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Gas_Lens.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Gas Lens for Confocal Lens system]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Gas_Lens]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/ConfocalRange.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Confocal Lenses on the test range]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[ConfocalRange]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/SelAlignLensplus.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Self aligning confocal lenses]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[SelAlignLensplus]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/how/thin-film/]]></loc>
		<lastmod><![CDATA[2016-10-25T22:45:26+00:00]]></lastmod>
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		<image:image>
			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/ThinFilm.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Thin Film waveguide]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[ThinFilm]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/HelicalThinfilm.jpg]]></image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Helical thin-film waveguide]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[HelicalThinfilm]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Happy chappy in a footway box somewhere between Hitchin &amp; Stevenage]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[STL building in 1959]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Standard Telecommunication Laboratories in 1960]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Standard Telecommunication Laboratories in 1961]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Standard Telecommunication Laboratories in 1964]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Standard Telecommunication Laboratories (STL), in 1965]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[STL building in 1966]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[STL building in 1966]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Standard Telecommunication Laboratories, open day in 1967]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Standard Telecommunication Laboratories in 1981]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Standard Telecommunication Laboratories/ BNR / Nortel in 2003]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Free Space Optical Link - 1965]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[20 Metre fibre bundle transmission system 1967]]></image:caption>
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			<image:loc><![CDATA[https://opticalfibrehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/SCAN0013-1.jpg]]></image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Free-Space link transmitter from 1965/6. Manchester University Final year project]]></image:caption>
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