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Fiber optics

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Mind Map on Fiber optics, created by jademosley on 01/04/2014.
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Fiber optics
  1. how do fiber optics work?
    1. each time light meets a surface it is totally internally reflected
      1. more of the light escapes through the surface to the air
        1. Optical fibers are thin strands of plastic or glass
        2. Uses of fiber optics
          1. Communications
            1. Lighting
              1. Endoscopes
              2. Disadvantages
                1. Expensive to produce and install
                2. Advantages
                  1. low material cost
                    1. complete electrical isolation
                    2. Coherent and incoherent bundles
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