What is the way that fiber optic connectors work? The history of fiber optic telecommunication deserves a book by itself as it took a number of generations to reach the state of the art present.
optical fiber is a thin, cylindrical fiber made of plastic or glass, as tiny as one tenth of human hair. A standard telecom optical fiber is composed of three layers of cylindrical shape, arranged inside out the fiber core (diameter 8x10um) and the cladding (diameter of 125um) along with buffer coating (diameter 900um). The fiber …