Fiber optic cable is over-taking copper cables used for years, especially, for communication. It works same as the copper, but speed is far better.

Optical fiber cable sends a light impulse with distances of glass or plastic fiber, which reflect the light from the cable, filled by layers of coating varying as per brand. Enabling data to be carried from one side to another.

Types

1. Optical fiber is available 3types: single mode, multi-mode and plastic. With variants in the coatings and brands, they do not change the main uses or differences in price of fibers.

Operation

2. Single mode wire has a width of 8.3 and 10 microns. It has one way communication but it needs a single light source. Single mode frequently uses 2 strings of glass fiber in the wire.

Multi-mode wire is larger in diameter than single mode wire. Most are among 50-100 microns. Like single mode wire, it often uses 2 strings of fiber.

Plastic wire is the latest wire, 5 times the diameter of multi-mode wire using plastic. As name suggests, plastic wire uses plastic.

Speed

3. While considering speed, there is no comparison for single mode optical fiber and the others. It is faster than multi-mode optical fiber and plastic optical fiber. Multi-mode wires are faster and better performing In comparison to the plastic wires. Plastic optical fiber as an industry is continuing to work on developments, and that can change.

Distances

4. For better distances with same class of transmission, single mode optical fiber optic wire is the best. About 50 times the speed of multi-mode wire.

About the speed, the standard of multi-mode fiber is better than plastic optical fiber for data is send over distances. The control of multi-mode eventually exceeds plastic.

Uses

5. Single mode optical fiber is used for high speed intercity wiring. Multi-mode supports best with LAN and SAN. It provides all the bandwidth that a LAN or SAN requires, where single mode can be overkill for most networks. Plastic optical fiber is developed, as is the technology that comes along, but has strong use in desktop LANs. It has more uses as technology continues to develop.

Price

6. Due to its efficiency and fine fibers, single mode likely to be the costliest wire. Plastic, because of the difference in the price of material, is the most reasonable with multi-mode's price.