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What color is a fiber optic light signal in reality?
Invisible infrared
Background
Data travels through fiber optic cables as invisible infrared light. The human eye cannot see these wavelengths. Only with special cameras does the light inside the cable become visible. That is why an open fiber cable looks dark to us.
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