How do fiber optic connectors function?, The story of fiber optic communications is a book by itself as it took a number of generations before the industry was established today.
Optical fiber is a long thin, cylindrical fiber made of glass or plasticthat is smaller than one tenth of the human hair. The standard optical fiber in telecom is made up of three cylindrical layers, counted inside out the fiber core (diameter 8x10um) as well as the cladding (diameter of 125um) and buffer coating (diameter …