1. Micro optics: Fibers and Butterflies

2. Total internal reflection

4. Guiding light

5. Bending light? John Tyndall (1820-1893)

6. Bending light!

7. Optical fibers

8. What is it?

9. Different types of fiber

10. Digital information

11. Storing information in waves

12. Transmission

13. Amplifiers

14. Wavelengths

15. Capacity 1 bit = a 1 or 0 (b) 8 bits = 1 byte (B) 1024 bytes = 1 Kilobyte (KB) 1024 Kilobytes = 1 Megabyte (MB) 1024 Megabytes = 1 Gigabyte (GB) 1024 Gigabytes = 1 Terabyte (TB) Giga = 10 9 Tera = 10 12

16. Nano fibers

17. Micro optics

18. Special fibers

19. Bending light Part II

20. Bending Light Part II

21. Periodic Structures in Nature

22. Butterfly

24. Opals