Fiber-optic communication is a method of transmitting information from one place to another by sending pulses of infrared or visible light through an...

A fiber-optic cable, also known as an optical-fiber cable, is an assembly similar to an electrical cable but containing one or more optical fibers that...

Specially designed fibers are also used for a variety of other applications, such as fiber optic sensors and fiber lasers. Glass optical fibers are typically...

In fiber-optic communication, a single-mode optical fiber (SMF), also known as fundamental- or mono-mode, is an optical fiber designed to carry only a...

known as wireline communication. Examples include telephone networks, cable television or internet access, and fiber-optic communication. Most wired networks...

wireless communication, fiber-optic communication and other communications technologies used to transmit independent channels separated in space. In fiber-optic...

A fiber-optic sensor is a sensor that uses optical fiber either as the sensing element ("intrinsic sensors"), or as a means of relaying signals from a...

or part of the local loop used for last mile telecommunications. As fiber optic cables are able to carry much more data than copper cables, especially...

Multi-mode optical fiber is a type of optical fiber mostly used for communication over short distances, such as within a building or on a campus. Multi-mode...

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