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Mankind has developed from witnessing an unbearably slow speed of data transmission to a smooth one. Why?  Fiber optic communication is currently at the peak of the development sector in telecommunication industries. We often wonder how this technology was invented and how its optimum features are beneficial to us. [1] : Fiber Optic Communication Evolution of Fiber Optics : This concept was established through the making of glass in the Bronze age and then, the Romans drawing glass into fiber. In the mid-1800s, with the discovery of Tyndall effect, it was concluded that light can be tilted. With this revolutionary discovery, optics and its applications gained attention from scientists all over the world. The first optical telephone, known as photophone was designed and created by Alexander Graham Bell in 1880. The device would allow transmission of sound from one point to another with the aid of a beam of light. The optical fiber technology then went on to ...