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IV. SCIENTIFIC THEORY AND PRINCIPLE
A fiber-optic system is similar to the copper wire system that fiber-optics is
replacing. The difference is that fiber-optics use light pulses to transmit information down fiber
lines instead of using electronic pulses to transmit information down copper lines. Looking at the
components in a fiber-optic chain will give a better understanding of how the system works in
conjunction with wire based systems. Fiber-optic communication is a method of transmitting
information from one place to another by sending pulses of light through an optical fiber.

The process of communicating using fiber-optics involves the following basic

steps: Creating the optical signal involving the use of a transmitter, relaying the signal along the
fiber, ensuring that the signal does not become too distorted or weak, receiving the optical signal,
and converting it into an electrical signal.

V. IMPORTANCE TO SOCIETY
A staple of the oil industry, distributed temperature sensing (DTS)—capable of
measuring temperature along a length of fiber-optic cable—is finding utility in
environmental monitoring, helping researchers to tease out the hydrology of streams, air
flow in valleys, and health of glaciers. Another, simple fiber optic confocal microscopy
with nanoscale depth resolution beyond the diffraction barrier. in the subwavelength
nanometric range below 200 nm is presented. The key idea is based on a simple
fiber-optic confocal microscope approach that is compatible with a differential
confocal microscope technique. To improve the dynamic range of the resolving laser
power and to achieve a high resolution in the nanometric range, we have designed a
simple aperture less reflection confocal microscope with a highly sensitive single-
mode-fiber confocal output. The fiber-optic design is an effective alternative to
conventional pinhole-based confocal systems and offers a number of advantages in
terms of spatial resolution, flexibility, miniaturization, and scanning potential. The
U.S. military moved quickly to use fiber optics for improved communications and
tactical systems. In the early 1970′s, the U.S. Navy installed a fiber optic telephone
link aboard the U.S.S. Little Rock. The Air Force followed suit by developing its
Airborne Light Optical Fiber Technology (ALOFT) program in 1976. Encouraged
by the success of these applications, military R&D programs were funded to develop
stronger fibers, tactical cables, ruggedized, high-performance components, and
numerous demonstration systems ranging from aircraft to undersea applications.

VI.APPLICATION
Optical fiber is used by many telecommunications companies to transmit telephone
signals, Internet communication, and cable television signals. Due to much
lower attenuation and interference, optical fiber has large advantages over existing
copper wire in long-distance and high-demand applications. However,
infrastructure development within cities was relatively difficult and time-
consuming, and fiber-optic systems were complex and expensive to install and
operate. Due to these difficulties, fiber-optic communication systems have primarily
been installed in long-distance applications, where they can be used to their full
transmission capacity, offsetting the increased cost. Since 2000, the prices for fiber-
optic communications have dropped considerably. The price for rolling out fiber to
the home has currently become more cost-effective than that of rolling out a copper
based network. Prices have dropped to $850 per subscriber in the US and lower in
countries like The Netherlands, where digging costs are low.