How do fiber optic connectors work? The history of fiber optic telecommunications deserves a book by itself as it took a number of generations to reach the state of the art present.
Optical fiber is a long thin cylindrical fiber made from glass or plastic, smaller than one tenth of a human hair. A typical optical fiber for telecom comprises three cylindrical layers, counted from the inside out as fiber core (diameter 810um) and the cladding (diameter of 125um) as well as buffer layer (diameter 9000um). The …