Fiber optic operation diagram. In optical fiber technology multimode fiber is optical fiber that is designed to carry multiple light rays or modes concurrently each at a slightly different reflection angle within the optical fiber core. Picture courtesy of nasa glenn research center nasa grc. Basically optical fibers consist of two parts. Optical fibers are typically made of silica with index modifying dopants such as geo 2.
The disadvantages of optical fiber include the following. It is this part in which light rays are guided. They have a central core surrounded by a concentric cladding with slightly lower by 1 refractive index. It consists of a cable that provides mechanical and environmental protection to the optical fibers contained inside.
A protective coating of one or two layers of cushioning material such as. Each optical fiber acts as an individual channel. Total internal reflection keeps light rays bouncing down the inside of a fiber optic cable. This video lecture discusses the block diagram of optical fiber communication.
Optical fibers are circular dielectric wave guides that can transport optical energy and information. Basics of fiber optics mark curranbrian shirk fiber optics which is the science of light transmission through very fine glass or plastic fibers continues to be used in more and more applications due to its inherent advantages over copper conductors. Use pdf export for high quality prints and svg export for large sharp images or embed your diagrams anywhere with the creately viewer. These are made from fused silica glass sio2 and are optically transparent.
The refractive index of the core is always. Optical splice is used to permanently join two individual optical fibers. Fiber optic cables are thin enough to bend taking the light signals inside in curved paths too. That portion which surrounds the core is called cladding.
The central portion of the optical fibers is called the core. This type of communication is used to transmit voice video telemetry and data over long distances and local area networks or computer networksa fiber optic communication system uses light wave technology to transmit the data over a fiber by changing electronic signals into light. For gigabits and beyond gigabits transmission of data the fiber optic communication is the ideal choice. Light travels down a fiber optic cable by bouncing repeatedly off the walls.
Here you will learn functioning and purpose of each block stage used in optical fiber communication. Multimode fiber transmission is used for relatively short distances because the modes tend to disperse over longer lengths. The purpose of this article is to provide the non technical reader with an overview of these advantages as well as the properties and. They are not as robust as the wires.
The optical fiber cables are very difficult to merge there will be a loss of the beam within the cable while scattering. The installation of these cables is cost effective.