Optical Fibres in Communications
Physics: Cambridge International GCSE Supplement, topic 3.2.9
Optical Fibres in Communications
By converting audio, visual and data signals (information) into light, we can use optical fibres to transmit huge amounts of information with few information losses.
Low loss of information
- If the fibre lost lots of information, it would not be useful.
- For example, Whatsapp messages missing every second letter are not very useful.
Internet connections
- Internet providers use optical fibres to set up quick and reliable internet connections.
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