Optical communication

Optical communication - communication at a distance using light to carry information. Article “Optical communication” in English Wikipedia has 59.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 30 references and 14 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

In June 2025 the article “Optical communication” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 2 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Optical communication”, its content was written by 90 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 337 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 1266 times in English Wikipedia and cited 2516 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #1612 in April 2003
• Global: #4083 in April 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #67749 in March 2014
• Global: #98396 in April 2015

There are 24 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Optical communication		59.3743
2	Hebrew (he) תקשורת אופטית		57.4643
3	German (de) Optische Kommunikation		35.0092
4	Slovenian (sl) Optična komunikacija		29.3669
5	Arabic (ar) اتصال ضوئي		27.3522
6	French (fr) Communication optique		27.2989
7	Japanese (ja) 光による通信		26.6385
8	Hindi (hi) प्रकाशिक संचार		26.3527
9	Korean (ko) 광 통신		24.8392
10	Chinese (zh) 光通訊		21.2631

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Optical communication" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Optical communication		1 274 424
2	Spanish (es) Comunicación óptica		194 158
3	German (de) Optische Kommunikation		82 324
4	Chinese (zh) 光通訊		71 265
5	Hebrew (he) תקשורת אופטית		60 186
6	Persian (fa) مخابرات نوری		36 462
7	Italian (it) Comunicazioni ottiche		35 907
8	Norwegian (no) Optisk kommunikasjon		33 241
9	Japanese (ja) 光による通信		32 483
10	Vietnamese (vi) Thông tin quang		29 770

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Optical communication" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Optical communication		1 901
2	Japanese (ja) 光による通信		488
3	Chinese (zh) 光通訊		453
4	German (de) Optische Kommunikation		205
5	Italian (it) Comunicazioni ottiche		98
6	French (fr) Communication optique		73
7	Spanish (es) Comunicación óptica		72
8	Persian (fa) مخابرات نوری		60
9	Korean (ko) 광 통신		60
10	Hebrew (he) תקשורת אופטית		56

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Optical communication" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Optical communication		90
2	German (de) Optische Kommunikation		39
3	Hebrew (he) תקשורת אופטית		35
4	Italian (it) Comunicazioni ottiche		28
5	Vietnamese (vi) Thông tin quang		16
6	Chinese (zh) 光通訊		15
7	Persian (fa) مخابرات نوری		14
8	French (fr) Communication optique		14
9	Norwegian (no) Optisk kommunikasjon		11
10	Swedish (sv) Optisk kommunikation		11

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Optical communication" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Optical communication		1
2	French (fr) Communication optique		1
3	Arabic (ar) اتصال ضوئي		0
4	Catalan (ca) Comunicació òptica		0
5	German (de) Optische Kommunikation		0
6	Spanish (es) Comunicación óptica		0
7	Estonian (et) Optiline side		0
8	Persian (fa) مخابرات نوری		0
9	Hebrew (he) תקשורת אופטית		0
10	Hindi (hi) प्रकाशिक संचार		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Optical communication" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Optical communication		1 266
2	Chinese (zh) 光通訊		207
3	Korean (ko) 광 통신		199
4	Arabic (ar) اتصال ضوئي		155
5	Japanese (ja) 光による通信		132
6	French (fr) Communication optique		69
7	Hebrew (he) תקשורת אופטית		67
8	Turkish (tr) Optik iletişim		54
9	Vietnamese (vi) Thông tin quang		50
10	Indonesian (id) Komunikasi optik		44

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic اتصال ضوئي
ca	Catalan Comunicació òptica
de	German Optische Kommunikation
en	English Optical communication
es	Spanish Comunicación óptica
et	Estonian Optiline side
fa	Persian مخابرات نوری
fr	French Communication optique
he	Hebrew תקשורת אופטית
hi	Hindi प्रकाशिक संचार
id	Indonesian Komunikasi optik
it	Italian Comunicazioni ottiche
ja	Japanese 光による通信
kk	Kazakh Оптикалық байланыс
ko	Korean 광 통신
ms	Malay Komunikasi optik
nl	Dutch Optische communicatie
no	Norwegian Optisk kommunikasjon
pt	Portuguese Comunicação óptica
sl	Slovenian Optična komunikacija
sv	Swedish Optisk kommunikation
tr	Turkish Optik iletişim
vi	Vietnamese Thông tin quang
zh	Chinese 光通訊

Best Rank

English: #67749 03.2014

Global: #98396 04.2015

Best Rank

English: #1612 04.2003

Global: #4083 04.2003

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