Sentence examples for lengths of fiber from inspiring English sources

But in encouraging recent developments, two optical-networking leaders-Ciena and Nortel Networks-have demonstrated single-wavelength transmission of 40 gigabits per second over lengths of fiber typical of a metro network.

Instead of having lengths of fiber that must be near one another for the signal to transfer, as in conventional fiber optics, light easily hops from one nanowire to another, a useful property in the future fabrication of multiplexers, demultiplexers and other devices like splitters, Dr. Mazur said.

Until this time, all glass fiber had been manufactured as staple (that is, clusters of short lengths of fiber).

Another 1% is lost in drawing and roving pulling lengths of fiber into longer and longer segments, which are then twisted together for strength.

Using the "nose only" method of exposure the number of amosite fibers, > 5 μm (WHO) and > 20 μm, did not decrease at low (0.8 mg/m) and medium doses and there was no difference in the retention rate between the two lengths of fiber at the highest dose [ 107].

To achieve objective results with respect to discretization of the matrix, pullout forces are distributed along the embedded lengths of fibers that bridge a developing crack.

"They are physical, social and economic continuities small scale, to be sure, but small scale in the sense that the lengths of fibers making up a rope are small scale". What Jacobs may not have foreseen entirely was change in the structure of America's urban labor force.

The lengths of fibers are about 50 mm and the diameter is about 7 µm, and the mass per unit area of NWCF is 100 g/m2.

Kiss-ir in the AVPV was primarily visualized as extended lengths of fibers and significantly affected by group (F 4,16 = 3.762, P ≤ 0.02).

In mice, Kiss immunoreactivity (-ir) has previously been shown to be localized to extended lengths of fibers throughout the AVPV and within cell bodies located in the medial and caudal AVPV [ 21].

To measure the fibers' tensile strength, Young uses glue to tack a short length of fiber onto a cardboard frame.