How do fiber optic connectors work? The history of fiber optic communications is an entire book on its own because it took several generations to get the industry present.
Optic fiber is a thin cylindrical fiber made from glass or plasticthat is as tiny as one tenth of human hair. The standard optical fiber in telecom is made up of three layers of cylindrical shape, arranged from the inside out as fiber core (diameter 8x10um) as well as the cladding (diameter of 125um) along …