Fiber Optics in Telecommunication

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ASSIGNMENT COVER

|Course code: |CS 300 |
|Course name: |Telecommunications |
|Assignment title: |Fiber Optics In Communication |
|Instructor’s name: |Christos Arslanidis |
|Student’s name: |Christian Pandis |
|Date: |10/12/12 |

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|Grade: |/100 |

Fiber Optics in Communication
Definition
A fiber is a flexible, hair – like strand of a substance and is the smallest visible unit of any textile product. It is very much long in relation to its width or at least one hundred times longer than it is wide. A particular fiber’s properties are dependent upon its physical structure and chemical composition. Manufacturers use fibers whose properties suit the products they market. Citing for example, when used in clothing, fibers must specifically possess certain properties such that it must feel pleasant to the touch, it must be absorbent, the fiber must have a good luster, and last but

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