Most of the optical fibers used in the lighting field are plastic optical fibers. Among different optical fiber materials, plastic optical fiber has the cheapest production cost, often only one-tenth of the production cost compared with quartz fiber optic. Therefore, for the optical fiber used for lighting, plastic optical fiber is selected as the conduction medium.

The features of fiber optic lighting can be expounded as follows.

1.The light at the luminous point is transmitted through the optical fiber. The wavelength emitted by the light source is filtered and only contains a certain spectrum. Therefore, the emitted light has no ultraviolet and infrared light. This feature can reduce the damage to certain items.

2.The luminous point is miniaturized, light in weight, easy to replace and install. It can be made into a small size and placed in different containers or design spaces, so it can create a unique decorative lighting effect.

3.Its light and electricity are separated. The most important problem with general lighting equipment is that it needs power supply and transmission. Also because of the conversion of electric energy, the luminous body will also generate heat relatively. However, in the properties of many spaces, for the sake of safety, most hope that light and electricity can be separated, such as spaces such as petroleum, chemical industry, natural gas, pools, swimming pools, etc., hope to avoid the electric part, so fiber optic lighting is very suitable applied in these fields.

4.The material of plastic optical fiber is soft and easy to fold but not fragile, so it can be easily processed into various patterns.

Because optical fiber has the above-mentioned characteristics, we believe that it has the highest variability in design, and therefore it can best assist the designer to practice his design concept.

In the application of fiber optic lighting, Giant has executed several projects, whether in indoor lighting, pool lighting, swimming pool lighting or commercial lighting, we have rich experience. With the popularization and maturity of optical fiber products, more actual cases of optical fiber applications will be seen in the future.