olemus
teadus- ja tehnikaharu, mis tegeleb
peente läbipaistvate kiudude loomise ja kasutamisega,
rakendades kiirte täielikku sisepeegeldust kius
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the branch of optics that deals with the transmission of light through transparent fibers

rakendusi
- kujutiste edastus: endoskoopias, tehnilises diagnostikas
- valgussignaalide edastus: valguskaabelsides

ülevaateid
https://wiki.metropolia.fi/display/Physics/History+and+Application+Of+Fiber+Optics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02wPSDOXMhc

https://www.cableorganizer.com/articles/fiber-optics-tutorial/history-production-fiber-optic.html

https://www.photonics.com/EDU/Handbook.aspx?AID=25151

http://www.fibersystems.com/pdf/whitepapers/Basics-of-Fiber-Optics.pdf

http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/~jbh/share/PHYS1901/chapter8-Fibre-Optics.pdf

https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Communication_Systems/Fiber_Optic_Systems

standardid
http://www.thefoa.org/tech/standards.htm

vt ka
- valguskaabel
- valguskiud