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singlemode fiber
Last modified: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 

In fiber optics technology singlemode fiber is one of two types of fiber currently in use. It is a single strand of glass fiber for a single ray (or mode) of light transmission. Singlemode fiber is used for long distance transmission.

Compare with multimode fiber.

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