光波通信是一项方兴未艾的新技术,目前使用的某些专用名词术语,或由于原始命名时缺乏深入探讨,或因最初由外文资料译出时考虑欠周,以致较长期地存在一些混乱现象,有的甚至是明显地用词不当,但仍辗转讹传,沿用至今。为了正确地统一科技用语,今就个人管见,对几个认为有问题的名词,提出如下商榷意见,希能起到抛砖引玉的作用,通过讨论争鸣,达到统一认识的目的。 1.光通信与光波通信最初出现的名词是“光通信(Optical communication)”,后来在国外已有一些人 Lightwave communication is a new technology that is in the ascendant. Some of the terminology used at present may be confused for a relatively long time due to the lack of in-depth discussion on the original naming or the consideration of lack of time when originally translated from foreign materials. Some even apparently use the wrong words, but they are still removed from the rumor that they are still in use today. In order to correctly unify the terminology of science and technology, we now have a personal opinion on the subject and put forward the following opinions on several issues that we think are problematic. We hope this will serve as a valuable guide to achieving the goal of unifying our understanding through discussion and debate. 1. Optical communications and lightwave communication The initial term was “Optical Communication (Optical communication)”, and later some people in foreign countries