About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 68. Chapters: Wavelength-division multiplexing, Radiation pattern, Return loss, Numerical aperture, Mode field diameter, Optical amplifier, Step-index profile, Concentricity error, Index-matching material, Leaky mode, Cladding mode, Mandrel wrapping, Overfill, Ovality, Material dispersion coefficient, Hydroxyl ion absorption, Radiation mode, Refractive index contrast, Zero-dispersion wavelength, Substitution method, Launch numerical aperture, Power-law index profile, Launch angle, Optical attenuator, Effective mode volume, Radiation angle, Cutback technique, Guided ray, Reference surface, Optical fiber, Thunderbolt, Fiber laser, Optical fiber cable, Distributed temperature sensing, ClearCurve, Subwavelength-diameter optical fibre, Gradient-index optics, Optical power meter, Narinder Singh Kapany, Fiber optic sensor, George Hockham, Split-step method, Chiral Photonics, Microducts, Cable jetting, Distributed Bragg reflector, Anti-laser, Fibre optic gyroscope, Radio over Fiber, Kingfisher International Pty Ltd, Arrayed waveguide grating, Fusion splicing, Interconnect bottleneck, Cleave, Modal dispersion, Equilibrium mode distribution, Manakov system, Fiber pigtail, Bend radius, Solar photonics, Core, Fiberscope, Coupling loss, Tsuneo Nakahara, Recoating, Fanout cable, Cross-phase modulation, Optomechanics, Delay line interferometer, Normalized frequency, Hydrogen darkening, Glow plate, Stripping, Buffer, Fizoptika, Refractive index profile, Half Acceptance angle, Mechanical splice, Optical train, Fiber Management System, Open fiber control, Optic crystals. Excerpt: An optical fiber is a flexible, transparent fiber made of very pure glass (silica) not much wider than a human hair that acts as a waveguide, or "light pipe," to transmit light between the two ends of the fiber. The field of applied science and engineering concerned with ...
