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fibre optics

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noun

  1. (functioning as singular) the transmission of information modulated on light carried down very thin flexible fibres of glass See also optical fibre

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  • fibreoptic adjective

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Dr Ori Henderson-Sapir, project investigator at the UoA's Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing, says that Australia has a long history of developing innovative fibre optics technologies.

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2023

He also says fibre optics might be manufactured more effectively in zero gravity.

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2023

By 2000, Binney, using fibre optics, had set up a computer network that could chart relationships among people in real time.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 11, 2019

Most are bundles of hair-thin fibre optics that carry data at the speed of light.

From The Guardian • Oct. 22, 2018

Israel "will be the first country in the world to go end-to-end digital," he said, noting it will be boosted by an ambitious project to build a super-fast fibre optics network.

From Reuters • Jun. 19, 2013