What is the way that fiber optic connectors function?, The story of fiber optic communications is an entire book, because it took several generations to reach the state of the art that we have today.
Optic fiber is a thin, cylindrical fiber made of plastic or glass, smaller than one tenth of a human hair. A standard telecom optical fiber comprises three layers of cylindrical shape, arranged inside out the fiber core (diameter 8x10um), cladding (diameter of 125um) and buffer coating (diameter 900um). Fiber core and cladding are made from …