Micro optics: Fibers and Butterflies. Total internal reflection.

Micro optics:Fibers and Butterflies

Total internal reflection

Total internal reflection

Guiding light

Bending light?

John Tyndall (1820-1893)

Bending light!

Optical fibers

What is it?

Different types of fiber

Digital information

Storing information in waves

Transmission

Amplifiers

Wavelengths

Capacity

1 bit = a 1 or 0 (b)8 bits = 1 byte (B)1024 bytes = 1 Kilobyte (KB)1024 Kilobytes = 1 Megabyte (MB)1024 Megabytes = 1 Gigabyte (GB)1024 Gigabytes = 1 Terabyte (TB)

Giga = 109

Tera = 1012

Nano fibers

Micro optics

Special fibers

Bending light Part II

Bending Light Part II

Periodic Structures in Nature

Butterfly

Butterfly

Opals