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But even so there’s some possibility that the photon, if it’s sent through an optical fiber, that it’s lost along the way or also if it’s sent through free space, there’s still some chance it’ll get absorbed along the way.
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Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
Distributed acoustic sensing transmits laser light pulses through optical fibers and analyzes the intensity of the signals reflected back from imperfections in the fibers.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Mar. 2025
Starlink can also reach users in rural and remote areas, where optical fiber can't be easily installed.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025
Corning — then the world’s largest producer of optical fiber — saw its stock crash from nearly $100 in 2000 to around $1 by 2002.
—Dan Runkevicius, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
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Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
Distributed acoustic sensing transmits laser light pulses through optical fibers and analyzes the intensity of the signals reflected back from imperfections in the fibers.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Mar. 2025
Starlink can also reach users in rural and remote areas, where optical fiber can't be easily installed.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025
Corning — then the world’s largest producer of optical fiber — saw its stock crash from nearly $100 in 2000 to around $1 by 2002.
—Dan Runkevicius, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
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“Optical fiber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/optical%20fiber. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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