What are some examples of uses for optical fibers?

Medical Uses:

• Optical fibers are used in number of instruments that enable doctors to view internal body parts without having to perform surgery.
• They can be made in extremely thin flexible strands for insertion into the blood vessels, lungs and other parts of the body

Communication:

• Telephone transmission method uses fiber optic cables.
• Fiber optic cables transmit energy in the form of light pulses and can handle tens of thousand of conversations simultaneously.

Simple Uses:

• The simplest use of optical fiber is the transmission of light to locations otherwise hard to reach.