help can someone list some uses of fibre optic?

Answer 1

Have a look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_fiber
Make sure you don't simply copy and paste, you'll not learn anything that way.

Answer 2

Hello,

Firbre optics are used in the largest data pipes used by BT and other large telcoms companies. These firbe optic cables allow for extremely high data transmissions but have few of the problems associated with conventional copper or aluminum cabling. Fibre optics dont suffer from radio frequency interference or temperature related problems. Fibre can suffer from kinking in the cable path though, so fibre cables have to be laid with great care.

**Fibre optics are also used in medicine such as endiscopes, i.e. flexible fibre optic telescopes used to conduct internal examinations & diagnostics, and minor surgical proceedures such as biopsy.

**Fibre optics have been used in art and light displays.

IR

Answer 3

In many computer rooms is the option of having fibre channel or SCSI cables. Fibe channel is the use of fibre optic technology to beam data down the cables and to the destination host. Also looks very cool. Wow i'm actually a bit of a geek.

Answer 4

Well Fiber-optic does not go all the way to your house. Once it reaches a thing on the street called a node. The fiber-optic cables end there. Then it turns into the existing phone lines. So depending on your node, how far you are from your node (about 500 meters of wire is the max), and your area, you may be able to get it.

Answer 5

Christmas tree, telephon exchange/ cables, Cable optic device.
Kids toys. Computor networks.

Answer 6

Telephone lines across the Atlantic (communications). Christmas tree lights.

Answer 7

The uses of optical fiber today are quite numerous. The most common are telecommunications, medicine, military, automotive, and industrial.

Answer 8

An optical fiber is a glass or plastic fiber designed to guide light along its length by total internal reflection. Fiber optics is the branch of applied science and engineering concerned with such optical fibers. Optical fibers are widely used in fiber-optic communication, which permits digital data transmission over longer distances and at higher data rates than electronic communication. They are also used to form sensors, and in a variety of other applications.

Fibers are widely used in illumination applications. They are used as light guides in medical and other applications where bright light needs to be brought to bear on a target without a clear line-of-sight path. In some buildings, optical fibers are used to route sunlight from the roof to other parts of the building (see non-imaging optics). Optical fiber illumination is also used for decorative applications, including signs, art, and artificial Christmas trees. Swarovski boutiques use optical fibers to illuminate their crystal showcases from many different angles while only employing one light source. Optical fiber is an intrinsic part of the light-transmitting concrete building product, LiTraCon.

Optical fiber is also used in imaging optics. A coherent bundle of fibers is used, sometimes along with lenses, for a long, thin imaging device called an endoscope, which is used to view objects through a small hole. Medical endoscopes are used for minimally invasive exploratory or surgical procedures (endoscopy). Industrial endoscopes are used for inspecting anything hard to reach, such as jet engine interiors.

An optical fiber doped with certain rare-earth elements such as erbium can be used as the gain medium of a laser or optical amplifier. Rare-earth doped optical fibers can be used to provide signal amplification by splicing a short section of doped fibre into a regular (undoped) optical fiber line. The doped fiber is optically pumped with a second laser wavelength that is coupled into the line in addition to the signal wave. Both wavelengths of light are transmitted through the doped fiber, which transfers energy from the second pump wavelength to the signal wave. The process that causes the amplification is stimulated emission.

Optical fibers doped with a wavelength shifter are used to collect scintillation light in physics experiments.

Optical fiber can be used to supply a low level of power (around one watt) to electronics situated in a difficult electrical environment. Examples of this are electronics in high-powered antenna elements and measurement devices used in high voltage transmission equipment.

Answer 9

Telephones, lighting, Christmas trees (lighting) etc.

Answer 10

Internet, cable, phone