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Mind Map by jademosley, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by jademosley
about 11 years ago
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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
- each time light meets a surface it is totally internally reflected
- Uses of fiber optics
- Communications
- Lighting
- Endoscopes
- Communications
- Disadvantages
- Expensive to produce and install
- Expensive to produce and install
- Advantages
- low material cost
- complete electrical isolation
- low material cost
- Coherent and incoherent bundles
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