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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 fiber into a regular (undoped) optical fiber line. The doped fiber is optically […]

Optical fibre is used in many medical application like endoscope, borescope, etc. Fibers are widely used in illumination applications. They are used as light guides in medical and other applications where bright light needs to be shone on a target without a clear line-of-sight path. In some buildings, optical fibers are used to route sunlight […]

Optical Fibre works on the principle of total internal reflection. When light traveling in a dense medium hits a boundary at a steep angle (larger than the “critical angle” for the boundary), the light will be completely reflected. This effect is used in optical fibers to confine light in the core. Light travels along the […]

Fiber can also use as sensors in some applications and Fibers have many uses in remote sensing. In some applications, the sensor is itself an optical fiber. In other cases, fiber is used to connect a non-fiberoptic sensor to a measurement system. Depending on the application, fiber may be used because of its small size, […]

Optical fibre is the latest medium of communication and there are many applications which are using optical fibre as their medium of communication and networking. Optical fiber can be used as a medium for telecommunication and networking because it is flexible and can be bundled as cables. It is especially advantageous for long-distance communications, because […]