Communications
Revolution 		Communications
Networks 		Optical
Fibres 		Photonic
Devices 		Future of
Communications 		Credits

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Fabrication of Optical Fibres
The best cakes are made of the best ingredients.
To make a good optical fibre, you need to start with good quality materials, that is highly purified materials.
The presence of impurities alter the optical properties of the fibre.
There are several ways to manufacture optical fibres:

  • directly drawing the fibre

  • from what is called a preform. The fibre is then drawn from the preform
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