Many telecommunication companies use optical fibers for the purpose to transmit signals such as internet communication, telephone signals, and cable television cables. The use of optical fibers is also done n many other industries including, defense, industrial, medical, government, and commercial. Along with the use on the transmission of signals, optical fibers are also used in imaging tools, hydrophones for seismic waves, lasers, and SONAR. Optical fibers are also used as sensors in order to measure the value of temperature and pressure.
Because of the low interference and attenuation, optical fibers consist of many advantages when it is used for applications in long-distance and high-bandwidth. Therefore, the use of optical fibers is always favorable over the use of copper wire. Although, it is a quite difficult and time-consuming process of infrastructure development within cities, in addition to the installation and operation of optical fibers in the cities is quite an expensive and complex method. Because of the presence of these difficulties, early fiber-optic communication systems were installed in applications that require long-distance communication where the optical fibers are used to their full transmission capacity, offsetting and increased cost. The price of fiber-optic communications is consistently decreasing since 2000. Many optics manufacturing companies in the market manufactures polarizer optics through the process of optical beamsplitter manufacturer which makes the whole manufacturing process quite cheap.
It’s cost
The cost of delivering fiber to homes has become more cost-effective than rolling out copper-based networks at present. The price of the optical fiber is reduced to $850 inn the US for every individual subscriber and in many countries, it is even cheaper it like The Netherlands, where the cost of digging is quite low and the density of housing is high. Since the 1990s, when optical-amplification systems became commercially available, the telecommunications industry has laid a vast network of intercity and transoceanic fiber communication lines. By the end of 2002, an intercontinental network that consists of submarine communication cables expanding in a range of 250,000 km with a full capacity of 2.56 Tb/s was successfully completed. Although specific network capacities are privileged information, a report of telecommunications investment shows that the network capacity has continuously increased since 2004.
The use of fiber optic cables in the transmission of cable signals has increased explosively over the years. These cables are ideal for transmitting signals for high-definition televisions as they have more bandwidth and speeds.
