Fiber optic technology had been used to link computers within local area networks. The most common medium for fiber optics is plastic but most often its glass, it has a diameter of human hair.
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Is each hair of a polar bear transparent?
Each hair is transparent.
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Where are fiber optics used?
Optic fibers are used in ocean optics to detect chemical levels in the water.
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Where does light travel down the finer-optics cable?
Light travels down the fiber-optic cable using the principle of total internal reflection.
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What are the two layers fiber optics are made of?
The core and the cladding
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What is fiber optics the science of?
Fiber optics is the science of transmitting data, voice, and images by light through thin, transparent fibers.
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What do scientists think of polar bears?
Scientists like to think of a polar bears' hollow hairs as fiber optic tube.
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What are the two chemical equations used to make optic fibers?
Silica (SiO2) Germania (Ge02) mixture.
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What does the refractive index of the medium = ?
Refractive index of the medium = speed of light in vacuum/Speed of light in the medium
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What layer is the core ?
The core is the inner layer
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Due to the refraction at each incidence on the interface the light beam will die off at a certain distance.
Due to the refraction at each incidence on the interface the light beam will ____________ ?
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The cladding covers the core and is the outer optical material that reflects the light back into the core.
what does the cladding do?
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A way to measure to speed of light in a material is by the index of refraction.
What is the way to measure the speed of light in a material?