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  * Why the interest in fiberoptics
  * How light propagates in an optical fiber
  * What determines the loss in a fiber
  * Single mode and multimode propagation
  * Single polarization fiber
  * Fiber amplifier operation
  * Fiberoptics applications in sensors and communications
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