Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Fiber optics
- how do fiber optics work?
- each time light meets a surface it is totally internally reflected
- more of the light escapes through the surface to the air
- Optical fibers are thin strands of plastic or glass
- Uses of fiber optics
- Communications
- Lighting
- Endoscopes
- Disadvantages
- Expensive to produce and install
- Advantages
- low material cost
- complete electrical isolation
- Coherent and incoherent bundles