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fibre optics

NOUN
fiber optics
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This is because Starlink, rather than relying on fibre optics or cables to transmit data, uses a network of satellites in low Earth orbit.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2025

Dr Ori Henderson-Sapir, project investigator at the UoA's Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing, says that Australia has a long history of developing innovative fibre optics technologies.

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2023

Germanium is mainly used in fibre optics and plastics as well as infrared radiation.

From Reuters • Jul. 4, 2023

Solitons are now significant in a number of fields, including neurology and fibre optics.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 10, 2018

Rather than bouncing around in a plastic space bubble, Coyne, cradling a baby doll, stands atop a futuristic chrome dome smothered in tentacle-like fibre optics.

From The Guardian • May 22, 2013




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