How do fiber optic connectors work? The history of fiber optic telecommunication deserves an entire book, as it took a number of generations to reach the state of the art today.

Optic fiber is a thin cylindrical fiber that is made of glass or plasticthat is smaller than one tenth of the human hair. A standard telecom optical fiber comprises three cylindrical layers, counted in the inside as fiber core (diameter 8x10um), cladding (diameter of 125um) along with buffer coating (diameter 900um). Fiber core and cladding…

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