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Old 19th Jul 2002, 00:00
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tecpilot
 
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@ What-ho Squiffy!

The isolated and theoretical technology itself offers total resistance to electromagnetic control interference.

Fiber is immune to electromagnetic interference, including high intensity radiated fields (HIRF), lightning, aircraft electric power and switching transients and high power microwave, thus improving safety, signal fidelity and reliability. Because information is transmitted in the form of light through fiber, not electricity, "by light" solutions minimize wire and shielding, reducing the risk of sparks and fires as well as weight and cost.
Light in a fibre:
The light propagates along the fibre by the process of total internal reflection. The light is contained within the glass core and cladding by careful design of their refractive indices. The loss along the fibre is low.

But shure we need an interface and from that point electricity is in the game. Electricity and HIRF/EMR means shielding , grounding, filtering and test in a radiation chamber.

Fibre optic is information transmission not information control!
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