What are the fiber optics?

The fiber optics consists of a bundle of thin glass or plastic strands. This is covered or surrounded by a material that allows light to pass through the fibers without escaping on the sides. Signals can pass them at very high speeds from the point of origin to the target, with minimal quality loss or data. Companies use fiber optics to transmit internet data, sound information for phones and images for television or medical cameras.

Basic functions

The concept of Fiber optics is quite simple. The user transmits the signal as light, often in the form of laser beam, over the length of thin strands of glass or plastic. The optical fiber acts as a medium through which light passes, while the coating on the outside of each strand keeps the light trapped inside the fiber. People can send almost any type of digital data through the fiber optics, although some signals may be converted.

Telecommunications Applications

Phones and InteRNET signals are often transmitted via optics. Companies simply convert the phone's audio signals to digital information, which can then be sent as light transmissions via fibers. Many services convert data into the binary signal of those and zeros that pass light pulses. Once the phone or other device receives a signal, it converts it back to the sound information that the listener hears at the other end. Internet providers transmit data in almost the same way, while computers convert digital signals to visible or auditory output.

Use in medicine

In 1930, a German student named Heinrich Lamm showed how the fiber optics could be used to explore the inner parts of the body. Since the pictures were unclear, he did not get the patent for his invention. Further development has made optical fibers ideal for cameras and other regulations used by doctors to view the patient's internal organs. Because they are small and flexible, they can often achieve areasInstead, which could not otherwise be seen without surgery.

History

Alexander Graham Bell in 1880 showed how light could be used to transmit sounds from one area to another. A few decades later, the first sets of associated cables were developed, although they were not called "Optics Optics" at that time. In 1956, Narinder Kapany created a term after joining several glass bars together. He then showed that these rods could project light without leakage at any point if they were packed or covered in dark material.

By 1960, Dr. Charles Kao realized the potential of the fiber optics. He proposed that they could be used for fast and clear communication. In the 1970s of the 20th century, the company called Corning® Glass created the first optical fiber made exclusively from thin sources of glass. This led to the Bell phone using this threads creates telephone cables that could transmit crystal clear conversations from one side of the US to the other.