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Part 1- Background

Categorized as a wave-based technology because of its primary source as a light ray, fibre optics is a technology that deals with the transmission of light through hair-thin transparent fibres. It is formed by a very sophisticated system of fibres in a wire that works by reflecting light from mirror to mirror.
A fibre optic works by sending light wave signal from one end and transmitting it to the other end with low loss of light even when fibres are curved. The principal of this technology is based on what is called the total internal reflection which allows optical fibres to restrain the light they carry. This is done so through light striking at an angle greater than the critical angle which is created when light passes from a dense to a less dense substance. Total internal reflection occurs when light strikes at an angle of incidence which is greater than the critical angle which will result in reflection of all light without loss. Furthermore, this......

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