Optical Fibre Technology: Advances and Applications

An optical fibre is a flexible, transparent fibre made of silica or plastic. Optical fibres are often used as a means to transmit light between the two ends of the fibre and find wide use in fibre-optic communications. They allow transmission over greater distances and at higher bandwidths than electrical cables. Fibres are used instead of metal wires because the signals travel through them with less loss, and they are immune to electromagnetic interference. Specially designed fibres are al...