
Ep 102 – Deep Dive in Fiber Optics
The Art of Network Engineering
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Is There a Color to the Light?
optical fiber carries the ethernet protocol. You can run it over, you know, that medium just as well as copper. It's a fairly common science experiment that's done in school to excite young kids but we see it in rainbows. We have this white light and it splits out. And what this means is that we've actually got multiple colors inside that white light. The reason for mentioning this will, like I said, will come to in a bit, but it's kind of an important concept to think about that when we're talking about lights.
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