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To: YORE who wrote (994)12/2/1997 5:32:00 PM
From: HB  Read Replies (1) of 1147
 
Sort of off topic, but YORE, light does not travel
at the same speed in all media.
The well known "speed of light" is the speed in a vacuum.
Also, I doubt the propagation of waves down an optical fiber occurs
at the speed of light in the medium of which the fiber is made;
speed should depend on the nature of the mode which is propagating,
which involves waves bouncing and rebouncing off the walls of the
fiber.

Cheers,

Howard
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