Fiberoptics Fundamentals

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Topics covered:

  • Why the interest in fiberoptics
  • How light propagates in an optical fiber
  • What determines the loss in a fiber
  • Single mode and multimode propagation
  • Single polarization fiber
  • Fiber amplifier operation
  • Fiberoptics applications in sensors and communications
  • Future developments

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