Fiber optics are the latest transmission media in communications
and instrumentation technology. Fibers are showing up in
telecommunications, in computer data communications, and all
manner of scientific, engineering and medical instruments. Briefly
stated, fiber optics is that technology in which light is passed
through a plastic or glass fiber so that it can be directed to a specific
destination. If the light is encoded (modulated) with an information
signal, then that signal is transmitted over the fiber optical path.
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