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Beginning its five-year mission to measure the expanding universe in 2021, DESI incorporates 5,000 tiny robotic devices that can position 5,000 optical fibers to collect redshift data from 5,000 objects at a time.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 22 Jan. 2025
So, the mice got the optical fibers implanted in their brains.
—Ars Technica, 20 Jan. 2025
Other targets include speeding up the transmission and reception of the tokens, and the development of a QKD device that does not require dedicated optical fiber for the quantum channel.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Dec. 2024
Looking ahead, Ishii’s group is working to extend the length of optical fiber that quantum tokens can be transmitted, which could stretch to 50 km before the quantum data becomes unstable.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Dec. 2024
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First Known Use
1962, in the meaning defined above
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“Optical fiber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/optical%20fiber. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.
Kids Definition
optical fiber
noun
: a single fiber-optic strand
Medical Definition
optical fiber
noun
: a single fiber-optic strand
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