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submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

So is hollow core fiber a vacuum or is it just hollow? I've never heard of that tech.

[–] GarytheSnail 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Think glass pipe versus glass cylinder or rod. Though, I don't think the hollow core is fully empty, it has some structure to it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

I work with fibre and have never stopped to think if it is hollow or not. Thanks for this

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

How do you weld that?

[–] GarytheSnail 1 points 11 months ago

Absolutely no idea.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I think that both hollow core fibers filled with air and others with just vacuum exist, but it's a bit far from my operational reality, so I'm not that sure. I just read in industry news that euNetworks has deployed 45 km of Lumenisity hollowcore fiber and that Microsoft bought Lumensity