Both cable types transmit data, but in very different ways. Copper carries electrical pulses along its metal strands. Fiber optics, on the other hand, carry pulses of light along flexible glass threads.
Fiber optic cable, or optical fiber cable, is one kind of network cables similar to copper cable. It is designed to use light pulses for long distance telecommunication and high-speed data transmission. Fiber optic cables support much of the world's internet, cable television and telephone systems.
There are two types of fibre optic cables – multimode and single-mode. Multimode fibre is capable of carrying multiple light rays (modes) at the same time as it has varying optical properties at the core. Single-mode fibre has a much smaller core size (9 microns).
A fiber optic cable is a network cable that contains strands of glass fibers inside an insulated casing. They're designed for long-distance, high-performance data networking, and telecommunications. Compared to wired cables, fiber optic cables provide higher bandwidth and transmit data over longer distances.
Fiber optic internet is a data connection carried by a cable filled with thin glass or plastic fibers. Data travels through them as beams of light pulsed in a pattern. Fiber optic internet speeds are about 20 times faster than regular cable at 1 Gbps.
High Speed: Both cables can transmit data over the network, but undeniably fiber optics do this faster than copper cables. Fiber optics has a core that carries light to transmit data, allowing cables to carry signals at speeds around 31% slower than the speed of light.
Modern fiber cables can contain up to a thousand fiber strands in a single cable although the highest strand-count single-mode fiber cable commonly manufactured is the 864-count, consisting of 36 ribbons each containing 24 strands of fiber.
An optical digital audio connection sends stereo or 5.1 S/PDIF digital audio between devices. An everyday use for this type of connection is the digital audio output on the back of your TV. By connecting this output to an amplifier, you can quickly improve the sound of your television.
The size of the optical fiber is commonly referred to by the outer diameter of its core, cladding and coating. Example: 50/125/250 indicates a fiber with a core of 50 microns, cladding of 125 microns, and a coating of 250 microns. The coating is always removed when joining or connecting fibers.
6 FIBER CABLE - MULTI MODE 62.5/125 It is composed of 6 multimode fibers (62.5 micron core) inside an Aramid yarn wrapped in a black PVC outer jacket. Multimode fiber is optimized to work with fiber optic equipment using light wave lengths of 850nm (nanometers) or 1300nm. The cladding diameter is 125 microns.
