Make optical fibres from sugar!
Optical fibres make the internet possible. Web sites, video, or games - its all turned into pulses of light and sent down glass threads called optical fibres. Visit us and have a go at making your own optical fibres from sugar. We'll tell you all about how glass optical fibres are made and how they work.
Afterwards you can join a tour of our cleanrooms and see where we make some of the most advanced optical fibres in the world.
Optical fibres make the internet possible. Web sites, video, or games - its all turned into pulses of light and sent down glass threads called optical fibres. Visit us and have a go at making your own optical fibres from sugar. We'll tell you all about how glass optical fibres are made and how they work.
Afterwards you can join a tour of our cleanrooms and see where we make some of the most advanced optical fibres in the world.
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