Fiber optics is the study of optical fibers, which are thin pieces of high quality optical materials which are able to act as a waveguide for some frequencies of light. This waveguide or 'light pipe' feature of optical fibers allows them to transmit light with very low loss from one end of the fiber to the other.

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