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Optical fiber

An optical fiber, or optical fibre, is a flexible glass or plastic fiber that can transmit light from one end to the other. Such fibers are widely used in fiber-optic communication, where they permit transmission over longer distances and at higher bandwidths (data transfer rates) than electrical cables. Fibers are used instead of cables because signals…

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Optical fiber

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related to Further reading · 59
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related to Termination and splicing · 14
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related to history · 13
Optical fiber → Clarence Hansell, Daniel Colladon, Heinrich Lamm, Image, In, Jacques Babinet, John Logie Baird, John Tyndall, London, Paris, Practical, Tyndall, Viennese
related to Total internal reflection · 10
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related to Coatings · 8
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related to Free-space coupling · 8
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related to Sensors · 8
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related to Multi-mode fiber · 7
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related to Principle of operation · 7
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related to Light scattering · 6
Optical fiber → Distributed, In, Indeed, Rayleigh, The, Within

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fiber fibers optical light core used glass cladding attenuation silica index loss optic scattering cable applications also cables typically refractive

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Optical fiberis aintrinsic part of the light-transmitting concrete building product LiTraCon.DaylightingIn some buildings0.90text
Optical fiberis acylindrical dielectric waveguide0.90text
close internal illumination during dentistry followedinstance ofPractical applications0.80text
early in the twentieth centuryinstance ofPractical applications0.80text
scatteringinstance ofrather than by fundamental physical effects0.80text
standard category 5 cableinstance ofThis is because a single fiber can carry much more data than electrical cables0.80text
which typically runs at 100 Mbit/s or 1 Gbit/s speedsinstance ofThis is because a single fiber can carry much more data than electrical cables0.80text
erbium can be used as the gain medium of a fiber laser or optical amplifierinstance ofa spectrometer can be used to study objects remotely.An optical fiber doped with certain rare-earth elements0.80text
power generation facilities or applications prone to lightning strikesinstance ofwhich makes them useful for protecting communications equipment in high voltage environments0.80text
ZBLANinstance ofIn fibers based on fluoride glasses0.80text
minimum attenuation is limited by impurity absorptioninstance ofIn fibers based on fluoride glasses0.80text
the chalcogenides can have indices as high as 3instance ofbut some materials0.80text

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