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From what optical fiber is made?

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Question added by Salman Mansour , Communication & Information Technology Manger , The Palestinian Legislative Council
Date Posted: 2015/08/18
Navera Karim
by Navera Karim , Data Entry Operator , Aga Khan University Department of Paediatrics Research Office Matiari, Sindh, Pakistan, Matiari (Pak

optical fiber is made up of thin glass (sillica) or plastic which is thicker than human hair. optical fibers have a transparent core which is covered by a transparent cladding material whose refraction index is less than the core.

Srinivas M Shetty
by Srinivas M Shetty , Graduate Engineer Junior Telecom Officer , Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited

Optical Fiber is made of Silica. Now a days polymer are being used as an alternative for Silica.

      Optical fiber made of glass

Imran Saeed Hussaini
by Imran Saeed Hussaini , Telecom Technician , Etisalat (emirates telecommunications corporation)

glass plus polymers, or just polymers ("plastic optical fibers"POF

Winod Kumar Maheshwari
by Winod Kumar Maheshwari , Service Engineer , Hillcrest Solutions

Plastic and glass materials are used for optical fiber manufacturing.

Fiber can be made single mode or multimode.

 

Muhammad AQIB KHAN MUHAMMAD KHALIQ
by Muhammad AQIB KHAN MUHAMMAD KHALIQ , enginear and , interses

Optical fibers are made of extremely pure optical glass.

Ahmad Darwish
by Ahmad Darwish , Experienced Back Office Transmission , Ericsson

The core of optical fiber is usually made of Silica, cladding is made of many materia

Mokhdar Rachid
by Mokhdar Rachid , NOC transmission Senior Ingineer , Vempelcom

fiber made by drawing glass (silica) or plastic to a diameter slightly thicker than that of a human hair

coatings, mirrors, lenses, laser windows,

anas ibrahim
by anas ibrahim , Intern , Ericsson Pakistan

Optical fibers are almost always manufactured using Silica, but still some other materials are used depending on the applications.Fluorozirconate, Fluoroaluminate, and Chalcogenide glasses are also used as well as crystalline materials like sapphire, for long wavelengths applications.

moyiad alsiad
by moyiad alsiad , telecom project manger , التقنية ‏للاتصالات ‏واعمال ‏الكهروميكانيك

optical fiber made from glass or plastic

 

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