What is the way that fiber optic connectors function?, The story of fiber optic telecommunications deserves a book by itself because it took several generations to reach the state of the art that we have today.
optical fiber is a thin, cylindrical fiber made of glass or plastic, smaller than one tenth of the human hair. A standard telecom optical fiber comprises three cylindrical layers, counted inside out as fiber core (diameter 8x10um) as well as the cladding (diameter 130um) as well as buffer layer (diameter 9000um). Fiber core and cladding …