Author Archive Fiber-mart

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How to Clean the Dirt and Dust In Data Center

by Fiber-MART.COM Wipe your finger on a distribution cabinet or a patch panel in a data center. Then watch your finger, can you see the scene shown in the picture on the right side? Your finger is attached with dust or dirt. This situation is so familiar to most telecom engineers [ Continue reading…]

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How to Use Field Assembly Connector?

by Fiber-MART.COM The expansion of FTTH application has brought prosperity to the manufacturing of field assembly connectors for fast field termination. This type of connector gains its popularity due to the applicability to cable wiring and compact bodies which are easily stored in optical fiber housings. With excellent features of stability and [ Continue reading…]

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Single Fiber CWDM MUX and DEMUX Tutorial

by Fiber-MART.COM In CWDM networks, bidirectional CWDM MUX DEMUX (also called dual fiber CWDM MUX DEMUX) uses the same wavelengths for transmitting and receiving. It is often used in dual way transmission applications. The working principle is easy to understand. A duplex fiber cable links two dual-fiber CWDM MUX DEMUXs supporting the [ Continue reading…]

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Passive DWDM vs. Active DWDM

by Fiber-MART.COM DWDW is short for dense wavelength division multiplexing. It is an optical multiplexing technology used to increase bandwidth over existing fiber networks. DWDM works by combining and transmitting multiple signals simultaneously at different wavelengths on the same fiber. It has revolutionized the transmission of information over long distances. DWDM [ Continue reading…]

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How to Use MPO/MTP Cassettes for 10G, 40G & 100G Connectivity?

Data centers networks are changing significantly to accommodate the drive and demand for faster access to virtualised networks and cloud computing. Fiber and particularly pre-terminated fiber is now dominant in today’s data centres and high speed networks because of bandwidth capabilities, port density, security, upgradability and ease of installation. Within [ Continue reading…]

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How to Use Fiber Enclosure in Data Center

by Fiber-MART.COM Data center fiber optic cabling becomes increasingly difficult and complex due to high fiber count and the special characteristics of optical fiber. During high density cabling, installers should not only consider about the high density and easy-to-manage requirements, but also the requirements for fiber optic cable protection and reliable [ Continue reading…]

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How to Select the Suitable Copper Patch Panel?

by Fiber-MART.COM In the data center, copper patch panel is an ideal method to create a flexible, reliable and tidy cabling system. Today, various types copper patch panels can be found in the market, such as shielded or unshielded, flat or angled, etc. So how to select the most suitable [ Continue reading…]

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Optical Power Meter – an Essential Tester for Fiber Optic Testing

by Fiber-MART.COM In fiber optic network, whether installing new cable, or troubleshooting existing cable, cable testing always plays an important role in the process. Optical power meter which is widely used for power measurement and loss testing is well known to us. Today, we are going to talk about this familiar [ Continue reading…]

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Understanding OTDR Dead Zone Specifications

by Fiber-MART.COM OTDR (Optical Time Domain Reflectometer), as one of the important fiber optic testers, is most commonly used by technicians or installers to certify the performance of new fiber optic links and detect the issues of existing fiber links. There are some specifications of an OTDR which may affect its [ Continue reading…]

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Industrialization of PLC splitter chip technology

by Fiber-MART.COM Fiber optic communication network has become the cornerstone of today’s world of information transfer. With the further development of the network and increasing market demand for communication bandwidth, the entire communication network at the part between the user’s last ten kilometers and last one kilometer are now using optical [ Continue reading…]

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