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How to Use Fibre Optic Cable in Networking

· technology,Networking Cables,Fibre optic cables
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Fibre Optic cables are the fastest networking cables that are used to transmit a large amount of data at a very high speed. Fibre-optic cable can be run over very long distances without having to boost or clean the signal.

Fibre optic cables are used since they hold several advantages over copper cables, such as higher bandwidth and transmit speeds.

For different modes, there are different types of fibre cables used such as single-mode fibre optic cables and multimode fibre patch cables.

Let's first discuss the huge advantages of fibre optic cable and then discuss how it works. So, here are some of the advantages of the fibre optic cable:

  • Bandwidth: Fibre optic cables have greater bandwidth than metal cables. The volume of data that fibre optic cables transmit per unit time is far greater than copper cables.
  • Interference: Fibre optic cables are immune to electromagnetic interference. It can also be run in electrically noisy environments without concern as electrical noise will not affect fibre.
  • Weight: Fibre optic cables are made of glass or plastic, and they are thinner than copper cables. These make them lighter and easy to install. Easy to Accommodate and increase in bandwidth.
  • Size: Fibre optic cable has a very small diameter and due to small size it saves more space in fibre optic transmission.
  • Flexibility: An optical fibre has greater tensile strength than copper or steel fibres of the same diameter. It is flexible, bends easily, and resists most corrosive elements that attack copper cable.

Now, let's know how Fiber optic cable works:

As light travels down a fibre optic cable by bouncing repeatedly off the walls. The fibre core and the cladding bend the incoming light at a certain angle with their own refractive index. When light signals are sent through the fibre optic cable, they reflect off the core and cladding in a series of bounces, which is a process called total internal reflection. Just like light travels inside the wire, optical fibre cables also carry the signals in the same way.

As mentioned above, there are mainly two major types of fibre optic cables in both the cables there's a different reflection of light.

Let's discuss them particularly:

1. Single Mode Fibre cable: The simplest type of optical fibre is called single-mode. It has a very thin core of about 5-10 microns in diameter. Being so thin, the signals travel straight down the middle without bouncing off the edges.

2. Multimode Fibre cable: In multimode fibre cables each optical fibre is about 10 times bigger than one in a single-mode cable. This means light beams can travel through the core by following a variety of different paths.

From all the above, you may understand how optical fibre cable works and it's working theory. These cables are highly used for telephone lines, networking cables, and in connecting computer lines. Optical fibre cables can offer quicker data transmission speed.