Monthly Archives: November 2020

Importance of Optical Fibres in Communications

Signal Attenuation – Silica glass fibres have attenuation less than0.2 dB/km• only need signal repeaters every 30 km or so.• This is 5-15 times better than copper cables!• Electromagnetic Interference– Optical Fibres immune to electromagnatic interference(EMI).• Can be used in electrically noisy environments• good for secure info transmission as no EM radiationleakage.