What is the use of fiber optic cables? How thick are the fiber optic cables?
1) “Optical fiber cables are widely used in the telecommunications field to transmit information. In general, an optical fiber cable can be classified into a single-core optical fiber cable and a multi-core optical fiber cable depending on the number of housed optical fibers. The multi-core optical fiber can also be classified into optical fiber ribbons and loose tube optical fiber cables. The former relying on optical fiber ribbons or multi-ribbons achieve optimum packing density in high fiber count cables by coating a plurality of optical fibers side-by-side, parallel to one another and substantially in the same plane. As the plurality of optical fibers is housed in this type of arrangement, optical-fiber ribbon cables achieve high packing density. Thus, the ribbon optical fiber cable is widely used as an optical transfer medium in an optical telecommunication system. Referring to FIG. 1, the ribbon optical fiber cables 100 according to an embodiment of the conventional art comprise
A technology that uses glass (or plastic) threads (fibers) to transmit data. A fiber optic cable consists of a bundle of glass threads, each of which is capable of transmitting messages modulated onto light waves. Fiber optics has several advantages over traditional metal communications lines: Fiber optic cables have a much greater bandwidth than metal cables. This means that they can carry more data. Fiber optic cables are less susceptible than metal cables to interference. Fiber optic cables are much thinner and lighter than metal wires. Data can be transmitted digitally (the natural form for computer data) rather than analogically. The main disadvantage of fiber optics is that the cables are expensive to install. In addition, they are more fragile than wire and are difficult to splice. Fiber optics is a particularly popular technology for local-area networks. In addition, telephone companies are steadily replacing traditional telephone lines with fiber optic cables. In the future, a
