Fiber Optics
Fiber optic cables are a common factor in cable television industry. Internet and also some other communications mediums. Fiber optics will carry digital information over long distances through a strand of optical thin glass. Fiber optics is very thin strands of glass or plastic fiber that carry light along its length and is widely used in fiber optic communications because it allows communication over long distances at higher bandwidths compared to other forms of communication.
Fiber optics communication systems have certainly developed the telecommunications industry and because of its advantages over electrical transmission, copper wire communications in core networks have been replaced by optical fibers. How it works is fiber optics are long, thin strands of pure thin glass that are arranged in bundles referred to as optical cables that are used to transmit light signals over long distances. Consisting of three layers, the inner core will carry the light from the sender to the receiver, while the next level of layer reflects the light back on to the core to make sure none is lost and finally an outer layer will protect the light signal from environment.
Due to its smooth transition, fiber optics are recommended for longer distant signal transmission. Some main benefits of using fiber optics is its low loss, high data carrying capacity where a single high bandwidth fiber cable replaces thousands of electrical links and long distances between amplifiers. When fiber cables run alongside each other for long distances, they don’t experience crosstalk unlike some types of electrical transmission lines. Several miles of optical cable could be cheaper than copper wire saving your provider and you money. Fiber optics will result in clearer and more quality reception unlike the other types of mediums due to its less interferences. Lower power transmitters can be used instead of high voltage electrical transmitters due to less power loss in fiber optics.
Since its suitability to be used in digital signals, fiber optics are mostly used in the telecommunication aspects. Due to the flexibility of fiber optics usages today it is often seen in almost any industry.
