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Optical fibres are used to transmit light over distances of up to several hundred kilometres. A typical optical fibre consists of a cylindrical glass core, just a few micrometres in diameter, surrounded by a layer of a slightly different type of glass known as the cladding. Light in the core travels slightly slower than light in the cladding and this property tends to keep any light sent into the core from one end of the fibre from leaking out, until it reaches the far end. <a href="http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/C014731/1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx</a> The cladding is a glass sheath that surrounds the core. The cladding acts like a mirror, reflecting light back into the core. The cladding itself is covered with a plastic coating and strength material when appropriate. <a href="http://www.linktionary.com/f/fiber-optic.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.linktionary.com/f/fiber-optic

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What are the Elements of optical fiber communication link?

If light meets the inner surface of the cladding (the core - cladding interface) at greater than or equal to Qc then TIR occurs. So all the energy in the ray of light is reflected back into the core and none escapes into the cladding. The ray then crosses to the other side of the core and, because the fiber is more or less straight , the ray will meet the cladding on the other side at an angle which again causes TIR. The ray is then reflected back across the core again and the same thing happens. In this way the light zig zags its way along the fiber. This means that the light will be transmitted to the end of the fiber. In reality the light which enters the fiber is a focused beam, consisting of many millions of "rays" behaving in a similar way. They all zig zag along the core of the fiber, crossing over each other, and filling up the core with light. A pulse of light traveling along the core of the fiber is really a bundle of these rays.


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