What is the way that fiber optic connectors work? The history of fiber optic communications is an entire book on its own as it took a number of generations to reach the state of the art today.
optical fiber is a thin, cylindrical fiber made of plastic or glass, smaller than one tenth of human hair. A typical optical fiber for telecom is made up of three layers that are counted inside out: fiber core (diameter 8~10um), the cladding (diameter of 125um) as well as buffer layer (diameter 9000um). Fiber core and …