optical fibre

British  

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

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

“Industries are buying exotic optical fibre at such a high cost,” Dunn says, “you can justify flying raw materials into space, making it and bringing it back, and still have a successful business.”

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