EDFA – Erbium doped Fiber Amplifier
No CommentsRelated Terms Optical Amplifiers Optical Communications WDM – Wavelength division multiplexing Optical Attenuator FTTx – Fiber to the x Definition Erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) is the first successful optical amplifier invented by the UK Southampton University and JP Tohoku University. It is one of the greatest invention in optical communication. Erbium-doped [ Continue reading…]
How to use Fiber Optic Tools To Terminate Fiber Optic Cables
No CommentsThere are various kinds of fiber optic tools utilized in the fiber optic installation and maintenance works. And the cable stripper is a tool to remove the outside jacket from an optical fiber cable, plays an important role in the fiber optic cable splicing process. A high quality fiber stripper will safely [ Continue reading…]
Typical Designs for Fiber Optic Cables
No CommentsAs Fiber to the Home (FTTH) becomes more and more common, the term of fiber optic cable is no longer a strange noun for us. Let review it, a fiber optic cable is a most popular type of network cables that contains strands of glass fibers inside an insulated casing, [ Continue reading…]
The Classification Of Fiber Optic Transceivers
No CommentsA wide range of fiber transceivers, corresponding changes according to different classification types. Can be classified according to the nature of the fiber optic multimode fiber-optic transceivers and single-mode fiber transceiver. Different due to the use of fiber-optic transceivers can transfer distance is not the same multimode transceiver transmission distance of [ Continue reading…]
The Advantags of OTDR
No CommentsOTDR is connected to one end of any fiber optic system up to 250km in length. Within a few seconds, we are able to measure the overall loss, or the loss of any part of a system, the overall length of the fiber and the distance between any points of interest. [ Continue reading…]
Tools used in fiber optic cable splicing process
No CommentsFiber optic cable splicing process needs some important tools. First, a Fusion Splicer is essential. Fiber-Mart recommend swift f1 fusion splicer –New Ilsintech Swift-F1 All in One Fusion Splicer. Swift F1 is the highly sophisticated and integrated clad alignment fusion splicer, which has been designed to perform the major 5 multifunctional features systematically: [ Continue reading…]
Power Meter Fiber Optic Test Equipment
No CommentsFor decades, optics have been inspected and cleaned to ensure the proper passage of light. While fiber inspection and cleaning fiber connectors is not new, it is growing in importance as links with increasingly higher data rates are driving decreasingly small loss budgets. With less tolerance for overall light loss, [ Continue reading…]
Loose Tube Cables Tutorial
No CommentsAs is usually the case in many networks, specific architectural characteristics, installed environment and particular applications may dictate the deployment of one type of cable over the other. The topic “How to choose the right fiber optic cable” has become more valued than ever. To satisfy the installation requirements in [ Continue reading…]
Fiber Optic Attenuator Solution
No CommentsFiber optic attenuator is a device to reduce the power level of an optical signal, either in free space or in an optical fiber. Things You Should Know About Fiber Optic Attenuators Why Fiber Optic Attenuators Are Needed? Most people believe bigger signal power level is better, right? Beginners in [ Continue reading…]
What Is 25 Gigabit Ethernet & Why Is It in Demand?
No CommentsWhat Is 25 Gigabit Ethernet & Why Is It in Demand? Though the migration from 10 GbE (Gigabit Ethernet) to 40/100 GbE is widely recognized as the Ethernet speed upgrade path and greatly satisfies the increasing demands for higher bandwidth and speed, people still keep pursuing a better solution to [ Continue reading…]