Author Archive Fiber-mart

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Four Questions You May Ask About Fiber Optic Connector Cleaning

by www.fiber-mart.com Fiber optic connectors, as one of important linking components, can be found everywhere in fiber optic networks. With fiber optic connectors, you can easily add, drop, move and change the networks. And it’s also well known that a clean and reliable optical connector can provide high performance fiber [ Continue reading…]

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The Rapid Development of FTTH Borrow PON Promote Triple Play

by www.fiber-mart.com The arrival of the triple play, will greatly promote the video business, such as high-definition television, as well as the future of 3D TV business rapid development of broadband services, but also broadband access network is another new challenge. FTTH can not only provide massive bandwidth support business, and low [ Continue reading…]

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How to Realize Single Fiber Connection in WDM System?

by www.fiber-mart.com As we all know, fiber optical networking has two transmission ways: dual fiber transmission and single fiber transmission. The difference between them is that the former one requires two fibers—one is for transmitting and the other is for receiving, while the latter only uses one fiber for both [ Continue reading…]

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Understanding WDM MUX/DEMUX Ports and Its Application

by www.fiber-mart.com Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) is a commonly used technology in optical communications. It combines multiple wavelengths to transmit signals on a single fiber. To realize this process, CWDM and DWDM mux/demux are the essential part. As we all know, there are several different ports on the WDM mux [ Continue reading…]

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The Difference Between Loose Tube Fiber and Tight Buffer Fiber

by www.fiber-mart.com Tight-buffered cables oftenn are used for intra-building, risers, general building and plenum applications. Tight buffer fiber contains a thick coating of a plastic-type material which is applied directly to the outside of each individual fiber. Loose tube fiber optic cable is typically used for outside-plant installation in aerial, [ Continue reading…]

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Planar Lightwave Circuit (PLC) Based Optic Power Splitter

by www.fiber-mart.com In a power-splitting PON, an optical power splitter is the passive device in the outside plant that physically connects to the CO with a feeder fiber. It also connects to a number of ONUs via a series of distribution fibers. In the past few years, significant improvements in [ Continue reading…]

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The Applications and Basic Settings of OTDR

by www.fiber-mart.com OTDR refers to Optical Time-Domain Reflectometer, a test instrument that analyzes the light loss in an optical fiber and verify inline splices on concatenated fiber optic cables and locate faults. If you use fiber optic cables for network connectivity, you ought to know about the applications and basic [ Continue reading…]

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Things You Should Know Before Choosing an OTDR

by www.fiber-mart.com OTDR that is short for optical time domain reflectometry, is a fiber optic tester for the characterization of optical networks that support telecommunications. It can be used to measure loss, optical return loss (ORL) and optical distance on a fiber optic link. Besides, by providing pictorial trace signatures [ Continue reading…]

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QSFP28 100G Transceivers &DAC Guide

by www.fiber-mart.com Telecom industry embraces the prosperity of 100G optics market in 2017. With such a bright future, fiber optic market attracts a wide attention, and many vendors want a piece of the pie. The 100G optics like the CFP, QSFP28 modules and cables are varied in different standards. QSFP28 [ Continue reading…]

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Introduction to 10GBASE-LR and 10GBASE-LRM SFP+

by www.fiber-mart.com Although the 40G/100G optical modules are on the very top trend for enterprise and data center for the interconnection, 10G transceiver modules are still in great demand. There are several types of 10G optical transceiver modules available for sale including the XENPAK, X2, XFP, small form-factor plable plus [ Continue reading…]

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