Fibers in Fiber Optic Cable: Number of Fibers, Throughput, Singlemode vs Multimode Identification

Good morning,

I have a question about a fiber optic cable and the number of fibers it has.

On the market you can find fiber optic cables with a different number of fibers in the cable (2, 4, 8, 16, 24 for multimode).
What does the amount of fibers in the cable show? The more fibers, the greater the possible throughput on this medium?
Or just one fiber corresponds to one cable, let's say a copper one?
If the cable has 6 fibers, are all these fibers at the end and beginning of the cable earned to one end?

The principle will of course be the same for single and multimode optical fibers?

How to tell if a cable is singlemode or multimode and how many fibers does it have? I understand probably after
markings on the cable itself, appear approximately every 0.8m to 1m?

Thank you in advance for the answers and dispelling doubts,
greetings.

A bit to read:
http://emiter.net.pl/jak-interpretowac-naczen...g-multimod-monomod-jaka-jest-roznica-pomiedzy
http://www.sdhwdm.sp2.waw.pl/kable/oznotk.html

I care more about understanding the principle of operation \ earning than about parameters. It's a pity that I don't have how to see it in practice. Because I understand that in the media converter there are two inputs tx rx receiving transmission, and that from one fiber optic cable it is precisely these fibers (x number) that are in the cable (at its beginning and end)
we earn 2 tips and plug into this media converter?

specjalista089 wrote:

Good morning,

I have a question about a fiber optic cable and the number of fibers it has.

On the market you can find fiber optic cables with a different number of fibers in the cable (2, 4, 8, 16, 24 for multimode).
What does the amount of fibers in the cable show? The more fibers, the greater the possible throughput on this medium?

The number of fibers, or rather pairs of fibers, depends on how many devices are to work on a given cable. One media converter requires two fibers at least on multimode cables.

specjalista089 wrote:

If the cable has 6 fibers, are all these fibers at the end and beginning of the cable earned to one end?

Each fiber must be terminated on the panel with an appropriate connector. The type of connector depends on what the user is using.

specjalista089 wrote:

The principle will of course be the same for single and multimode optical fibers?

In fact, yes, the difference is only in the maximum distance between devices.

specjalista089 wrote:

How to tell if a cable is singlemode or multimode and how many fibers does it have? I understand probably after
markings on the cable itself, appear approximately every 0.8m to 1m?

From the "eye" it is quite difficult, preferably after the description on the cable. The only thing that can be counted is the number of fibers.

It's all clear. Thanks for the answers ! Have a nice day, best regards!