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Whats the difference between fibre optics and optical fibre?

in terms of telecommunication.

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1. none
2. The only one I know of is that fibre optics is the system of moving light and communications and it uses the material optical fibre along with coverings, end fittings, etc. to make the system
3. An optical fiber is a very thin glass "tube" that is used to guide light over large distances, and hence can be used for communications and other applications such as (fiber) lasers. Fiber optics is the science that studies the propagation of light in such optical fibers. Essentially, it is based on making a fiber so that the refractive index near its center is a little larger than near the surface. This tends to confine the light near the center (or "axis") so that it doesn't leave the fiber.
4. Ans : An optical fiber (or fibre) is a glass or plastic fiber designed to guide light along its length whereas Fiber optics is the overlap of applied science and engineering concerned with the design and application of optical fibers. eg: Optical fiber can be used as a medium for telecommunication and networking ; Optical fibers can be used as sensors to measure strain, temperature, pressure and other parameters. For more info. regarding both topics, visit the link below
5. optical fiber is a material made to allow light speed signal to travel through. fiber optics is a technque used by the optical fibers to transmit dater from isp to computers .
6. There is no difference. Optical communication is exactly the same in how it operates as is a wire. The only difference is the mechanics in what happens to get a signal from point A to point B. In a wire, electrons physically move down the wire. In an optical system, the electrons make light in the emitter which travels down the fiber acting as a light "pipe" to the detector which transforms the light impulses back into electrical impulses. The optical system works at several orders of magnitude faster than the analog wire with electrons and the losses over distance are much less. With hard wire, there is a propagation delay which is much less with light in a fiber and the electrical resistance of the wire decreases the signal strength over distance which the light fiber does not do so much. So, comparing a hard wire link to an optical link, the light fiber can go many times the usable distance of wire with less degradation of the signal at a much higher transmission speed. The advantage of fiber is higher throughput and no problems with such real world things like corrosion of the wires at the connection points.