1.filava fa'apipi'i fa'aulu
1) Autu: maualuga fa'asino igoa, fa'aaogaina e fa'asalalau ai le malamalama;
2) Faʻapipiʻiina: faʻamaufaʻailoga maualalo, faʻatupuina se tulaga atoa o mafaufauga ma le autu;
3) Papa puipui: puipuia le fibre opitika.
2.Single-mode ma multi-mode
E na'o le tasi le auala o le malamalama e mafai ona fa'asalalauina.O le mea lea, o lona faʻasalalauga vaʻavaʻa e laʻititi ma talafeagai mo fesoʻotaʻiga mamao, ae o loʻo i ai foi faʻasalalauga mea ma faʻasalalauga faʻasalalau.I lenei auala, e tasi-mode fiber e maualuga atu manaoga mo le spectral lautele ma le mautu o le puna malamalama, o lona uiga, o le spectral lautele e tatau ona vaapiapi ma le mautu Lelei.E leai se fa'asalalauina atoa.
E mafai ona feavea'i le tele o auala o le malamalama.Ae ui i lea, o lona faʻasalalauga faʻatasi e tele, lea e faʻatapulaʻaina ai le tele o le faʻasalalauina o faʻailoga numera, ma o le a sili atu ona ogaoga pe a faʻateleina le mamao.Ole mamao ole fe'avea'i alava tele e fai si pu'upu'u, e masani lava na'o ni nai kilomita.
E masani lava ona tamomoe meafaigaluega e tasi-mode i luga o le tasi-mode fiber po o le tele-mode fiber, ae tele-mode meafaigaluega e gata i le tamoe i luga o le tele-mode fiber.