How do fiber optic connectors work? The history of fiber optic telecommunications deserves a book by itself because it took several generations to reach the state of the art today.

optical fiber is a thin cylindrical fiber that is made of glass or plastic, smaller than one tenth of a human hair. A standard telecom optical fiber comprises three cylindrical layers, counted inside out as fiber core (diameter 8x10um), the cladding (diameter 125um) as well as buffer layer (diameter 9000um). Fiber core and cladding is…

Read More