Fiber Optics All the Way
It’s a unique technology that transmits data through hair-thin strands of glass fiber, using laser-generated pulses of light—and light travels faster than any other wave, 300,000 kilometers per second. The result? Mind-boggling speed, almost no loss of quality over long distances, and virtually unlimited capacity or “bandwidth.” All 32 volumes of the Encyclopedia Britannica, for example, can be sent through an optical connection in less than a second! (CONTINUE...)
Fiber Optics: Singlemode vs. Multimode
It is becoming apparent that almost everything is being replaced with fiber optics as an appropriate means of communication signal transmission. Fiber optics simply use light pulses to transmit information down lines of fiber. A transmitter, which is at one end of the system, is the place of origin for information coming onto the optical fiber lines. After the transmitter accepts coded electronic pulse information from copper wire, it translates the information into equivalently coded light pulses. (CONTINUE...)
RoHS Compliance in Fiber Optics
Because of its abundance, low cost and physical properties, lead and lead components have been used in a variety of products throughout the world. Nonetheless, lead is a highly toxic metal found in the earth's crust and is known to have many health risks. Other harmful chemicals include Mercury, Cadmium, Hexavalent Chromium, Polybrominated Phenyls and Polybrominated Di. One thing that these chemicals have in common is that they are all included in some fiber optic products, such as fiber optic cables, fiber optic patch cords, fiber optic connectors and fiber optic patch panels. (CONTINUE...)
Advantages of Fiber Optic Cable over Copper Wire
When dealing with data transmission you have two basic options: fiber or copper. The final choice depends on a wide variety of variables but ultimately fiber optic cable will be the data transmission of choice for your new network as well as the replacement of old configurations. Fiber optic cable is becoming one of the fastest growing transmission mediums for a variety of applications. Some of the more favorable applications include high band width, long distances and complete immunity to electrical interference. (CONTINUE...)
The History of Fiber Optics
The French Chappe brothers invented the first "optical telegraph" in the 1790's. It was a system compromised of a series of lights mounted on towers where operators would relay a message from one tower to the next. Over the next century great strides were made in optical fiber science. Throughout the 1800's experiments marketed the first research into the guided transmission of light. (CONTINUE...)
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