How do fiber optic connectors function?, The story of fiber optic telecommunication deserves an entire book, since it took several generations to reach the state of the art today.

Optical fiber is a long thin, cylindrical fiber made of glass or plastic, as tiny as one tenth of human hair. A typical optical fiber for telecom is made up of three cylindrical layers, counted from the inside out: fiber core (diameter 8x10um) as well as the cladding (diameter 125um) as well as buffer layer…

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