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A Quick Guide To Fiber Optic Power Meter

When you install and terminate fiber optic cables, you always have to test them. A test should be conducted for each fiber optic cable plant for three main areas: continuity, loss, and power. And optical power meters are part of the toolbox essentials to do this. There are general-purpose power [ Continue reading…]

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How to Troubleshoot a Faulty PON With an OTDR

It is easy to trouble shoot the failure which occurs on a point-to-point FTTx network by using an optical time domain reflectometer (OTDR) test. However, troubleshooting a faulty point-to-multipoint network (i.e. PON network) differs significantly and are more complex than a point to point network. This post will introduce the [ Continue reading…]

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What Is The Basic Principle Of OTDR Test

There are many fiber tools available for testing at different stages of the network, to meet various test requirements. These tests are used to reveal the total loss, optical return loss (ORL) and fiber length, can be in a single fiber or a complete network. In addition, the test may [ Continue reading…]

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Introduction Of Specialty Fibers For Optical Communication Systems

Optical fiber communications have changed our lives over the last 40 years. There is no doubt that low-loss optical transmission fibers have been critical to the enormous success of optical communications technology. It is less well known however, that fiber-based components have also played a critical role in this success. [ Continue reading…]

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How 5G Wireless Goes Hand in Hand With Fiber Optics

Wireless networks are getting better all the time. The most recent development is 5G, which stands for fifth generation, and it will cover a wide range of devices. It will cover fixed network infrastructure as well as mobile which makes people wonder if it will eliminate the need for fiber cables. [ Continue reading…]

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The True Value Behind Fiber Optic Communications

When it comes to choosing network cables for your business, you want to make sure you choose the right kind. With several different ones available on the market, the last thing you want to do is choose the wrong type and then end up having to replace them all in [ Continue reading…]

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Everything You Need to Know About the 10Gbase Copper Transceiver

If you haven’t heard about 10Gbase technology yet, it consists of communications technology that enables 10-Gigabit Ethernet operations over twisted pair copper cable, and that covers both un-shielded and shielded cable. The 10Gbase cables made of copper offer the appeal of affordability along with great performance, so altogether that’s a pretty [ Continue reading…]

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Building Your Own Passive Optical LAN

Technology has massively gotten better over the years and now the standard is to have LAN on commercial facilities. LAN stands for local area network. It is ideal for places where there are many different computers or devices that will be using the same network and link to the server. [ Continue reading…]

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Why Are Businesses Switching to Fiber Optic Cables?

Many businesses, especially those which depend on high data usage and transmission, have been switching their cabling over to fiber optic cables as they realize all the benefits provided by fiber optic technology. Apart from the nature of business and its built-in appetite for data, another reason for this trend [ Continue reading…]

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Optical Fiber Core

The core of a conventional optical fiber is a cylinder of glass or plastic that runs along the fiber’s length. The core is surrounded by a medium with a lower index of refraction, typically a cladding of a different glass, or plastic. Light travelling in the core reflects from the core-cladding boundary [ Continue reading…]

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