How to Use optical fiber in a Sentence

optical fiber

noun
  • Once the polymer cools, the tip of the optical fiber is in the shape of the near field probe .
    — IEEE Spectrum, 10 May 2017
  • In the future, the system could shrink to a small bulge on an optical fiber.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
  • So, the mice got the optical fibers implanted in their brains.
    — Ars Technica, 20 Jan. 2025
  • But that is light flowing out of an optical fiber and into a layer of soap.
    — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 18 Apr. 2022
  • These channels are then combined, or multiplexed, in the same optical fiber and sent to each node.
    — Anil Ananthaswamy, Scientific American, 3 Sep. 2020
  • The researchers designed the sensor around an optical fiber with a soft elastomer tip.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 May 2026
  • When laser power becomes strong enough in optical fibers, the light can interact with phonons.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Researchers can then activate these cells by shining light on them through optical fibers.
    — Quanta Magazine, 14 Dec. 2017
  • Those light pulses run through about 300 meters of optical fiber.
    — Jeremy Hsu, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Oct. 2016
  • Instead, the ball is placed within a few nanometers of an optical fiber, which allows the light to leak across the gap to the ball.
    — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 27 June 2018
  • The new sensors could detect slight changes in the wavelengths of light that flow through the devices when the optical fibers are stretched or bent.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2024
  • When the light comes in from an optical fiber, it is guided to the gap between the two metals by an optical waveguide.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 2 Feb. 2016
  • One was the optical fiber; the other consisted of four wires that measured the animal’s brain waves.
    — Amy Barth, Discover Magazine, 24 Sep. 2012
  • Enlarge / Light exiting an optical fiber and flowing through a thin film of soapy water.
    — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 18 Apr. 2022
  • In this experiment, researchers sent laser light through an optical fiber in a precise way to simulate the edge of a black hole.
    — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 23 Jan. 2019
  • The laser was finely tuned, the optical fiber was in position and … Eureka!
    — Christina Coleman, Essence.com, 8 Sep. 2017
  • Researchers wove optical fibers with polyester thread on a standard loom to create light-up pajamas for babies with jaundice.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 8 Nov. 2017
  • That bet on optical fiber eventually proved prescient.
    — Dave Smith, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
  • In addition, certain products can be produced better in space than on Earth, such as pure optical fiber.
    — Joel Wooten, Discover Magazine, 10 Oct. 2018
  • There could be more upside in this stock ahead as hyperscalers race to secure their optical fiber and cable supplies for their data centers.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 17 Feb. 2026
  • The optical fibers that wire our world are predominantly made from silicon dioxide, which also makes up beach sand.
    — John Ballato, The Conversation, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Faster highways for data Hollow optical fibers are not entirely new.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Conventional optical fibers are made by melting and stretching solid glass into thin strands.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Starlink can also reach users in rural and remote areas, where optical fiber can't be easily installed.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025
  • The researchers connected the chips with an optical fiber and cooled the whole setup close to absolute zero to damp out vibrations.
    — Gabriel Popkin, Science | AAAS, 25 Apr. 2018
  • Engineers can transmit many messages at once through an optical fiber by tagging each one with a number and sorting things out at the receiving end.
    — Ed Regis, Discover Magazine, 24 June 2010
  • Meta will serve as the anchor customer for the optical fiber, cable and connectivity products there.
    — Charlotte Observer, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Because of its short wavelength, infrared laser light must be lined up very precisely with the core of an optical fiber, which is only around 10 µm across.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 27 Dec. 2025
  • One photon from the pair traveled through a 10-meter optical fiber and interfered with the single photon.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 18 Nov. 2025
  • In one early vacuum test before launch, for example, the system’s optical fibers melted because heat couldn’t be wicked away fast enough.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 29 Dec. 2023

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