How will fiber optics save the world?
No CommentsTechnology is often created to improve our life, making it easier and better, but sometimes the progresses affect our world, which is why telecom department is getting greener and greener replacing old school copper wires with fiber optic technologies. Fiber optic offers a lot of advantages over copper cables, [ Continue reading…]
Faster and Longer Fiber Optics for the future
No CommentsElectrical engineers have broken key barriers that limit the distance information that can travel in fiber optic cables and still be accurately deciphered by a receiver. Obtained by UC San Diego Web Site. Photonics researchers at the University of California, San Diego have increased the maximum power — and therefore distance [ Continue reading…]
Advantages of optical fiber over copper cables
No CommentsSince its introduction, optical fiber cables have been known to be the best transmission medium and an innovation that promised to significantly push broadband speeds. And it actually did it. But there is still a competition between copper and fiber. Both markets are increasing their products and potentially growing. [ Continue reading…]
Optical fiber beyond telecommunication
No CommentsOptical fiber beyond telecommunication Optical fiber is great for carrying huge amounts of data over long distances at unimagined speeds and providing us with high-speed Internet connections that nowadays are more a necessity than a luxury, but they also have an excellent throughput in other fields beside telecommunications, since they are [ Continue reading…]
How does fiber optic help oil production companies?
No CommentsOptical fiber sensor technology has been used in oil and gas companies since 1990 for monitoring temperature and pressure in order to improve safety and raise production. Also, for many years companies have been collecting big quantities of data in order to know what lies behind the surface and how to [ Continue reading…]
What is a fiber optic coupler and how to properly choose it?
No CommentsThe relevance of fiber optic couplers, also called adapters, is constantly eclipsed by connectors. but the truth is that they are a critical element in fiber optic links and systems and play a serious role in the connection performance. Why? Because fiber optic couplers role is to [ Continue reading…]
why Cloud Computing requires fiber optic broadband
No CommentsYou sure have heard the term cloud computing a lot lately since it has become closely linked to several aspects of our lives. And, surely, you have asked yourself what is the cloud and where exactly is it. As it turns out, cloud computing means storing and accessing data [ Continue reading…]
Why distances matters in fiber optics?
No CommentsIt’s a well-known fact that fiber optics is the way most of the IT infrastructure service companies currently transmit information. It makes sense if you bear in mind that it allows information and data to travel at greater speeds, through greater distances, and in never-before-seen bundles. Fiber optics also allows [ Continue reading…]
How to clean a fiber optic connector?
No CommentsDo you know how important is to maintain a fiber connector clean? In fact, having a clean eviroment for the connector is one of the most important procedures in the conservation of a fiber optic system. This is necessary to keep quality connections. If any particle of dust, lint, oil [ Continue reading…]
How do Optical Attenuators work?
No CommentsThe power reduction is done by such means as absorption, reflection, diffusion, scattering, reflection, diffraction, and dispersion, etc. Optical attenuators usually work by absorbing the light, like sunglasses absorb extra light energy. They typically have a working wavelength range in which they absorb all light energy equally. They [ Continue reading…]