| Enter the Dragon
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| | covering called a "jacket".Single Mode
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| You stumble through a maze of mirrors,
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| | Lee vs. Multi-mode bear-claw man
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| placed methodically so that the camera
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| | Optic fibers come as Single-mode fibers
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| filming you doesn't film itself... you
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| | and Multi-mode fibers.Single Mode fibers
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| have hot pink fluids smeared over your
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| | have small cores (about 9 microns in
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| arms and torso as an obscure, esoteric
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| | diameter) and transmit infrared laser
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| reference to human blood... there is a
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| | light.Multi-mode fibers have larger cores
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| chinese actor chasing you with an
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| | (about 62.5 microns in diameter) and
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| over-sized rabbit's foot with marshmallow
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| | transmit infrared light from LEDs (light
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| roasters attached to the fingers as an
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| | emitting diodes).Who Cares How it Works,
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| obscure esoteric reference to a
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| | Get Back to the Scary Chinese Actor with
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| bear-claw-esque weapon (which will
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| | the Bear-Claw
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| henceforth be reverenced in the form of a
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| | Lets talk advantages to Fiber over
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| mouth-watering innamon/frosting medley
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| | Copper:
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| pastry).Is this the freakiest haunted
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| | Thinner- Optical fibers can be drawn to
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| carnival fun house ever? Is it a story
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| | smaller diameters than copper wire.
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| Spielberg, Coppola, Lucas, and the like
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| | Less Signal Degradation- fiber optic
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| tell over a campfire to try to scare each
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| | cable not only can be used in networks,
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| other sleepless? None of the above!
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| | but to extend USB, Firewire, DVI, and
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| This horror (multiplied by several
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| | other types of signals that degrade over
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| millions) is what a poor innocent signal
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| | short distances. Gefen, for instance,
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| particle experiences every time he/she is
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| | carries a great DVI extender that will
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| sent through the most horrible
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| | carry your DVI signal up to 1640 feet,
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| rollercoaster of death: the fiber optic
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| | for when you want to do a powerpoint at a
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| cable.Enter the Nightmare
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| | Vegas trade show at the Belagio without
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| Fiber optic cable is virtually a tube
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| | leaving the dollar black jack machine at
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| lined on the inside with a flexible
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| | "Jim's Food and Fuel Safari" somewhere
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| mirror that bounces the poor innocent
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| | far away from the strip.No Interference-
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| signal particle around until it gets to
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| | Interference will someday be extinct from
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| the other side. Imagine trying to shine
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| | the english language except when used
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| a light down a bending tunnel. If the
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| | soley to refer to the famous playground
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| tunnel is lined on the inside by mirrors,
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| | Deus ex Machina that saved you from total
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| the light will bounce around until it
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| | dodgeball humiliation. In other words,
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| finally arrives at the end. More
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| | with the advent of fiber optics,
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| specifically:
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| | information will be sent through light
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| each optical fiber has three layers:
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| | signals and not electrical signals (used
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| 1.Core: A thin glass center of the
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| | with copper wires), eliminating that
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| fiber where the signal/light particle
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| | nasty bully called interference.Less
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| travels
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| | Power- Because signals in fiber optics
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| 1.5.Scary Chinese actor with over-sized
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| | degrade less, less power is needed to
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| rabbit's foot
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| | make degradation corrections.
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| 2.Cladding: Optical Material that
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| | No Fire Hazard- Since light (not
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| surrounds the core and reflects the light
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| | electricity) being passed through these
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| back into the core.
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| | cables, there is no fire hazard.
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| 3.Buffer Coating: Plastic coating that
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| | Flexible- Fiber optic cable is smaller,
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| protects the fiber from damage and
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| | more flexible, and therefore more agile
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| moisture.Thousands of hundreds of tens of
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| | than copper. It is especially useful in
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| a couple of these fibers are arranged in
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| | medical imaging, mechanical imaging,
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| bundles in optical cables in an outer
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| | plumbing, etc.
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