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    singlemode fiber

    Last Updated May 24, 2021 2:03 pm
    Vangie Beal
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    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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    Vangie Beal is a freelance business and technology writer covering Internet technologies and online business since the late '90s.

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