optical fibre

British

noun

a communications cable consisting of a thin glass fibre in a protective sheath. Light transmitted along the fibre may be modulated with vision, sound, or data signals See also fibre optics

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Ufinet manages more than 75,000 kilometres of optical fibre in Latin America countries, Mexico and the United States, shepherding data in more than 2,000 towns and cities.

From Reuters • Nov. 5, 2021

In the study by Pascoli et al.1, mice pressed a lever to activate dopamine-releasing neurons through the delivery of laser light conducted by an optical fibre.

From Nature • Dec. 18, 2018

The first material made in this way was ZBLAN, a type of optical fibre that is structurally of higher quality than anything that can be made on Earth.

From The Guardian • Apr. 21, 2018

The resulting threads are phenomenally small, just a few atoms across and hundreds of thousands of times smaller than an optical fibre.

From Forbes • Sep. 23, 2014

Another example involved creating "light pipes" as a 3D-printed alternative to optical fibre.

From BBC • Oct. 3, 2012

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