Web definations for Fiber Optics

Definitions of Fiber Optics on the Web:

Light transmission through optical fibers for communication or signaling.
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Thin filaments of glass through which light beams are transmitted over long distances and which can carry enormous amounts of data. Modulating l ight on thin strands of glass produces major benefits in high bandwidth, relatively low cost, low power consumption, small space needs, total insensitivity to electromagnetic interference, and great insensitivity to being bugged.
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Thin glass filaments within a jacket or bundle that optically transmit images or signals in the form of light over distances, with extremely low high-bandwidth quality losses.
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Transmission technology in which modulated light-wave signals, generated by a laser or LED, are propagated along a glass or plastic medium, and then demodulated to electrical signals by a light sensitive receiver.
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Hair-thin, flexible glass rods encased in cables that use light to transmit audio, video, and data signals.
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The transmission of data in the form of pulses of light. Fiber optics uses cables containing glass or silica fibers no thicker than a human hair. There is very little signal loss, and information can be transmitted at high speed over long distances. Fiber optic cables do not have problems with external noise like wire cables do, and are better for transmissions requiring security.
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Technology based on thin filaments of glass or other transparent materials used as the medium for transmitting coded light pulses that represent data, image and sound. Fiber-optic technology offers extremely fast transmission speeds.
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Optical technology that deals with the transmission of light through fibers made up of transparent materials such as glass or plastic.
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cables made from bundles of glass or plastic fibers for high-bandwidth data transfer using beams of light carrying electromagnetic signals.
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An optical system in which an image is conveyed by a compact bundle of thin, flexible glass or plastic fibers. b
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The technology of guiding and projecting light for use as a communications medium. Hair- thin glass fibers that allow light beams to be bent and reflected with low levels of loss and interference are known as "glass optical wave guides" or simply "optical fibers."
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The technology of transmitting and guiding optical radiation (light) along optical conductors
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communications infrastructure that uses optical fibers for transmission. Optical fibers transmit large amounts of complex and varied information such as text, diagrams and graphics more quickly and efficiently than the traditional copper wires.
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The science of transmitting light by using very fine (thinner than a human hair), flexible glass fibers.
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Technology that involves sending laser light pulses via glass strands to transmit digital information. Strands, although about the thickness of a human hair, have nearly unlimited capacity. Bundled in protective sheathing about the diameter of a human thumb, fiber can carry more information than copper cable the diameter of a utility pole.
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A strand of glass thinner than a human hair that is capable of carrying a light signal close to 70 miles without amplification. The light can be pulsed in a single wavelength to represent 45 Gigabits of information. Adding a wavelength doubles that capacity. In the year 2000, the wavelength technology is at 16 and growing.
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An optical system that uses glass or transparent plastic fibers as light transmitting media. These cables have greater bandwidth than electrical transmission through wires.
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Long, thin strands of glass that are used to transmit light impulses. These impulses are used to carry data that can be read by computers. Fiber optics are often used for super high-speed Internet access.
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A medium using light for transmitting either an analog or digital signal. The signal loss is lower than that of coax cables and has a higher immunity to electromagnetic and static interference.
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Mode of transporting signals which uses laser beams through strands of glass.
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A communications system which uses very thin strands of glass to conduct information coded in pulses of light.
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A method of transmitting signals over light waves sent through extremely thin fibers spun from glass.
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A medium that transmits voice, full-motion video, and data by sending light impulses through ultra-thin glass fibers. Fiber optics permits two-way, full motion video and two-way audio interaction between participating sites.
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(or optical fibers): Hair-thin strands of glass or plastic that use coded light signals, generated by lasers or light-emitting diodes, to transmit voice, video, or data signals. Offers wideband digital transmission. Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN): The capability of providing an end-to-end digital network that would carry high speed data, voice, and video.
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A cable containing thin tubes permitting the exchange of electronic information for controlling substation activities from a remote point.
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the transmission of light signals via glass fibers
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An optical fiber is a transparent thin fiber, usually made of glass, for transmitting light. Fiber optics is the branch of science and engineering concerned with optical fibers.
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