High Density Fiber Optic Array Precision Polishing
No Commentsby www.fiber-mart.com High density fiber optic array polishing to tightest optical specifications with fiber-end surface finish to a few manometers Ra, is now offered as a service to fiber optic array manufacturers. For applications including: Fiber optics, fiber optic arrays, waveguides, optical switches, WSXC (Wavelength Selective Cross-connects), matrix optical switches, [ Continue reading…]
How to Use Optical Power Meter
No Commentsby www.fiber-mart.com To ensure the signal transmission quality in fiber optic network, optical power should be well controlled. Optical power should not be too high or too low. And it should be within the scope of the device’s requirement. To achieve accurate measurement, optical power meter is usually used to [ Continue reading…]
optic fiber Power meter and sensor
No Commentsby www.fiber-mart.com Power meters and sensors are used to measure the output power of the incident light from both the light source and the installed fibers. The power meter normally has built in calibration for the most frequently used wavelengths, but can be calibrated for other wavelengths as well. [ Continue reading…]
Key considerations in choosing an optical power meter
No Commentsby www.fiber-mart.com Key considerations in choosing an optical power meter Optical power meters for testing fiber optic components use semiconductor photodiodes as detectors to generate electrical current proportional to the incident optical power. This photocurrent is then measured, typically with a transimpedance amplifier and analog-to-digital converter, to determine [ Continue reading…]
Optical Power Meter (OPM): A Must for Fiber Cable Testing
No Commentsby www.fiber-mart.com Fiber optic cable is seeing broad adoption in telecom industry to feed insatiable demand for bandwidth. Test these massive fiber cables thus becomes the most frequent yet laborious task. However, some test-and-tried tools will help to make your testing work much easier. Optical power meter (OPM) is such [ Continue reading…]
Optic Fiber Termination and Splicing
No Commentsby www.fiber-mart.com Optical fibers are connected to terminal equipment by optical fiber connectors. These connectors are usually of a standard type such as FC, SC, ST, LC, or MTRJ.Optical fibers may be connected to each other by connectors or by splicing, that is, joining two fibers together to form a continuous [ Continue reading…]
Fiber Optic Fusion Splicers and How They Work
No Commentsby www.fiber-mart.com What is a fiber optic fusion splicer? A fiber optic fusion splicer is a device that uses an electric arc to melt two optical fibers together at their end faces, to form a single long fiber. The resulting joint, or fusion splice, permanently joins the two glass fibers end to [ Continue reading…]
Setting up Fiber Optics Technology
No Commentsby www.fiber-mart.com It is widely assumed that fiber optics is a new phenomenon that has recently revolutionized the communication infrastructure. Contrary to common belief, Chicago witnessed the first installation of a fiber optic link as far back as 1976. Since then, fiber optics has become widely used in telecommunications because [ Continue reading…]
How Fibre Optic Surveillance Systems Work
No Commentsby www.fiber-mart.com Digital images are transmitted through a camera via a fiber optic cable. Fiber optic cable consists of strands of pure glass that are thinner than human hair. The strands carry digital information (such as images) over distance and deliver the information to a receiver. The strands are arranged in [ Continue reading…]
HOW ARE OPTICAL FIBERS MADE?
No Commentsby www.fiber-mart.com Now that we know how fiber-optic systems work and why they are useful — how do they make them? Optical fibers are made of extremely pure optical glass. We think of a glass window as transparent, but the thicker the glass gets, the less transparent it becomes due to impurities [ Continue reading…]