Optical Fiber Technology

There are many types of optical connectors. The one you use depends on the equipment you are using it with and the application you are using it on. The connector is a mechanical device mounted on the end of a fiber-optic cable, light source, receiver, or...

The most basic method of laying fiber cables involves pulling the cable from the drum by hand. This technique is still used in many parts of the world today, particularly where labor is cheap and plentiful and cable is relatively short and...

For both electrical and fiber optic cables, tools are needed to strip the insulation jacket from the cable. This tool is called a cable slitter. For armored fiber optic cable, a more specialized tool called armored cable slitter is designed for the same...

In a loose tube, fiber is well shielded from being affected by the surrounding cable elements. By stranding the tube, it is also possible to design in strain relief from both temperature changes and mechanical forces. For these reasons, some variations...

What is a fiber optic power meter? The fiber optic power meter measures how much light is coming out of a fiber optic cable. It can be used to determine the amount of light being generated by an optical source, or the amount of light being coupled into...

The selection of optical cable is somewhat hard due to several issues. We can summarize it here: 1. Where is the fiber cable used? Indoor? Outdoor? or Offshore? Inshore?  2. Operating temperature and other environmental conditions  3. Loose tube or...

In the last decade, a wide variety of applications have been developed that covers a dozen of datacom networking technologies. The transmission speed ranges from 10Mbits up to 10Gbit/s and growing. High distance-bandwidth product is the major selling...

It's an old adage that a workman is only as good as his tools. Technology may have changed but the adage still applies. When you are providing fiber optic services, a complete set of fiber optic tools lets you complete the job more quickly and completely....

Fiber optics will continue to be a major player in the delivery . Fiber optic cable and fiber optic network hardware are now considerably cheaper than at any time in the past and are now pretty much on a par with copper-based transmission media. It should...

Fiber optic sensors, and smart structure technology have been successfully employed in space and aeronautics applications. With minimal research, these technologies can be applied to civil structures. Fiber optic ST connectors are popular for multimode...

The use of fiber optic cables has grown tremendously in recent years. This is due to their superiority when compared to alternative choices regarding uses in telecommunication systems, cable television transmission, and data systems. But what exactly are...

Fiber optics is being used with increasing regularity due to the many advantages it provides over more traditional data transmission technologies such as copper wire. But what is it about fiber optic cables that make them so efficient? How Are Fiber...

When testing loss in a fiber optic link, some basic principles must be kept in mind all the time. 1.The testing wavelength should always be the same as the working wavelength. Because optical fiber loss varies with light wavelength, you will get...