Optical Fiber Cable and Products

Optical fiber is made by drawing glass or plastic to a desired

length and diameter (slightly larger than a human hair). Its
a cable containing one or more optical fibers that are used to
carry light. The optical fiber elements are coated with plastic
layers and contained in a protective tube. A technology that uses
glass threads (fibers) to transmit data. A fiber optic
cable consists of a bundle of glass threads, each of which is
capable of transmitting messages modulated onto light
waves. ... Fiber optic cables have a much greater bandwidth
than metal cables.

There are two types of fiber optic cable commonly used: single
mode and multimode.

Single Mode cable is a single stand (most applications use 2

fibers) of glass fiber with a diameter of 8.3 to 10 microns that has
one mode of transmission. Single Mode Fiber with a relatively
narrow diameter, through which only one mode will propagate
typically 1310 or 1550nm. Carries higher bandwidth than
multimode fiber, but requires a light source with a narrow spectral
width. Single-mode fiber gives you a higher transmission rate and
up to 50 times more distance than multimode, but it also costs
more. Single-mode fiber has a much smaller core than multimode.

Multi-Mode cable has a little bit bigger diameter, with a

common diameters in the 50-to-100 micron range for the light
carry component. Most applications in which Multi-mode fiber is
used, 2 fibers are used (WDM is not normally used on multi-mode
fiber).Multimode fiber gives you high bandwidth at high speeds
(10 to 100MBS - Gigabit to 275m to 2km) over medium distances.
Light waves are dispersed into numerous paths, as they travel
through the cable's core typically 850 or 1300nm. Typical
multimode fiber core diameters are 50, 62.5, and 100
micrometers.

Advantages of fiber optical cable:

Bandwidth: Fiber optic cables have a much greater bandwidth

than metal cables. The amount of information that can be
transmitted per unit time of fiber over other transmission media is
its most significant advantage.

Low Power Loss: An optical fiber offers low power loss. This
allows for longer transmission distances.

Size - In comparison to copper, a fiber optic cable has nearly 4.5

times as much capacity as the wire cable has and a cross
sectional area that is 30 times less.

Flexibility - An optical fiber has greater tensile strength than

copper or steel fibers of the same diameter. It is flexible, bends
easily and resists most corrosive elements that attack copper
cable.

Cost: The raw materials for glass are plentiful, unlike copper. This
means glass can be made more cheaply than copper.

Disadvantages of Fiber Optical Cable:

Extrinsic Fiber Losses

These losses are specific to geometry and handling of the fibers
and are not functions of the fiber material itself. There are three
basic types: bending losses, launching losses, connector losses.

Bending Losses:
Bending losses are the result of distortion of the fiber from the
ideal straight-line configuration. While the light is traveling inside
the fiber, part of the wave front on the outside of the bend must
travel faster than the part of the smaller inner radius of the bend.

Launching Losses:

The term launching loss refers to an optical fiber not being able
to propagate all the incoming light rays from an optical source.
These occur during the process of coupling light into the fiber
(e.g., losses at the interface stages).

Connector Losses:

Connector losses are associated with the coupling of the output

of one fiber with the input of another fiber, or couplings with
detectors or other components.

Intrinsic Fiber Losses

Intrinsic fiber losses are those associated with the fiber optic
material itself, and the total loss is proportional to length L. Once
inside the fiber, light is attenuated primarily because of
absorption and scattering; therefore, these are the primary
causes of the losses.

Absorption Losses:

Scattering Losses Despite the careful manufacturing techniques,

most fibers are inhomogeneous that have disordered, amorphous
structures. Power losses due to scattering are caused by such
imperfections in the core material and irregularities between the
junction and cladding.

Fiber Optic Products List

CPRI cable: Common Public Radio Interference (CPRI) available
in 2 core and 4 core combinations can carry message or control
signals at minimum loss.

Fiber Optics Patch Cords: These patch cords are perfect for
Testing environment use, industrial use and for lab purpose. There
are various like FC, SC, ST, etc. but FC (Fixed Connectors) is more
popular among all. It is fixed by the way of threaded barrel
housing.

Fiber Optic Connector: It is a small pluggable type mainly used

in Transceivers and easily plug-in and removes.

Fiber Optic Adapters: It is widely use in industries like

Telecommunication, CATV, Broadband, Network, LAN and WAN,
FTTP.

Fiber Optic Attenuator: It is a component installed in a fiber

optic transmission system that reduces the power in the optical
signal.

SFP Transceiver: The small form-factor pluggable transceiver is

used in the field of Data Communication and Networking.

Media Converter: These are unmanaged standalone operations

types that interface copper to fiber, fiber to fiber, multimode to
multimode, single mode to multimode.

Fiber Optic Splitter: This is a passive device and its purpose is

to split light in different directions or parts in a certain
proportions.

FTTH: The FTTH (Fiber To The Home) networks includes LC series

connectors and patch cords, Fiber optics termination box.

Field Network Testing: It is a highly used grade component for

reliability, precision, accuracy and performance. It has large
highly visible LCD backlighting for easy viewing and battery
saving feature also.

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