optical fiber
a very thin, flexible glass or plastic strand along which large quantities of information can be transmitted in the form of light pulses: used in telecommunications, medicine, and other fields.
Origin of optical fiber
1- Also called light guide.
- Compare fiber optics, waveguide.
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How to use optical fiber in a sentence
The optical fiber uses optogenetics—a method that leverages light to control genetically-engineered neurons—to activate the PFC.
A New Brain Implant Automatically Detects and Kills Pain in Real Time | Shelly Fan | June 29, 2021 | Singularity HubThis happens at two identical nodes at either end of the optical fiber.
Scientists in Spain Just Got a Step Closer to Building a Practical Quantum Repeater | Edd Gent | June 14, 2021 | Singularity HubThe system works by generating a pair of entangled photons and firing one at the memory and one down an optical fiber.
Scientists in Spain Just Got a Step Closer to Building a Practical Quantum Repeater | Edd Gent | June 14, 2021 | Singularity HubAstronomers have managed by directly linking nearby optical telescopes with optical fibers — an approach that led in 2019 to the first direct observation of an exoplanet.
Quantum Double-Slit Experiment Offers Hope for Earth-Size Telescope | Thomas Lewton | May 5, 2021 | Quanta MagazineCurrent approaches look unlikely to scale, but new research suggests optical fiber could be the key to creating devices big enough to revolutionize computing.
Fiber Optics Could Be the Key to Million-Qubit Quantum Computers | Edd Gent | March 29, 2021 | Singularity Hub
Scientific definitions for optical fiber
A flexible transparent fiber of extremely pure glass or plastic, generally between 10 and 200 micrometers in diameter, used especially to carry light signals for telecommunication purposes. See more at fiber optics.
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