https://www.baldengineer.com/tag/fiber-opticRecent content in Fiber-Optic on Bald EngineerHugoen-USWed, 30 Jun 2010 14:43:25 +0000https://www.baldengineer.com/lighting-up-fiber-with-darkness.htmlWed, 30 Jun 2010 14:43:25 +0000https://www.baldengineer.com/?p=150Electronic communications systems are made up of three basic components: a transmitter, a receiver, and a transmission medium. Use a video game system with a wired controller as an example. The controller is a transmitter, while the console is a receiver, and the wire that connects the two is the transmission medium. This wire is typically made up of copper. The distance from a couch to your tv is relatively short compared to the distance two continents separated by an ocean. For this distance fiber optic cables are used. Instead of electrical signals being transmitted, lasers are used to generate light across fibers of glass.