What other souces can be used in a fiber optics cable other than light? Can anyone discover a new source of energy to use in fiber optics science? Can radio wave be captured in fiber optics cable?
2006-09-24 03:55:56 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
Fiber Optic cable is only usable for LIGHT... that's why it's called FIBER OPTICS... As for someone discovering a new source of energy... that is always possible, but not at the current level of knowledge. Radio Waves... RF... can not be captured in fiber optics... which is why it's used in hight power transmitters... it's RF resistant.
2006-09-24 04:03:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Other sources cannot be used in fiber optics, because optics means 'light', and if there is any other source it would not be included in fiber optics. Anyhow, radio waves need a medium to travel in and the rarer the medium the better it can travel without attenuation. We can use sound signals somehow in fiber optics because sound travel faster in solids than in air because it needs a denser medium. Still the draw back is that it cannot be sent very far.
2006-09-24 04:38:33 · answer #2 · answered by Harry thePotter 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No you can use only light in Fibre optic cables. Microwaves can be channelled through a microvave guide, which is a metal tube.
Radio waves can also be channelled like microves but the tube would have to have a a diameter about the wavelength which is hard when the wavelength is 300 metres.
2006-09-24 04:10:39 · answer #3 · answered by Dr.Dividend 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as teh name implies teh glass in a fiber optic cable is designed to carry light wavelengths. I'm sure you could probably build an emitter that allows the cable to carry other wave lengths. Butr why radio? They carry across the atmosphere just fine.
2006-09-24 04:05:15 · answer #4 · answered by sjj571 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋