Optical fiber cable installation is usually just as simple as installing coaxial or UTP cable in horizontal cabling. But the most critical factor in fiber optic cable installation is to keep the fiber cables’...
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Archive for April, 2007
Breakout Fiber Optic Cable
A breakout fiber optic cable offers a rugged cable design for shorter network designs. This may include LANs, data communications, video systems, and process control environments. A tight buffer design is used along with individual strength...Read more »
Undercarpet Fiber Optic Cable
Undercarpet cable,as this name implies, is run across a floor under carpeting. It is frequently found in open-space office or work areas that are defined by movable walls, partitions. A key feature of this cable is...Read more »
3M Fibrlok 2540G 250-micron fiber splicing tool
The 3M Fibrlok 2540G fiber splice tool is designed to enable fast, easy splicing of 250-micron singlemode fiber in FTTP installations and in multimode enterprise installations. The Fibrlok 250um fiber splice is designed...Read more »
Speed 10-Gbit Ethernet to the data center
In the coming weeks, 10-Gigabit Ethernet solution developer SMC Networks plans to unveil a family of 10-Gbit network interface cards (NIC) that will incorporate Solarflare Communications’  PHY layer and controller silicon components, with...
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Optical Fiber Macrobending Loss
Optical fibers suffer from macro-bending loss at bends or curves on their paths. This is due to the energy in the evanescent field at the bend exceeding the velocity of light in the cladding and hence...Read more »
How do I calculate fiber optic link budget?
In order to accurately calculate fiber optic link budget, you should know two concepts: installation loss and AC losses. What are installation losses? Installation loss is also called DC loss. It refers...
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The applications of media converters
Media converters are passive devices which provides networking flexibility with a minimum cost. Media converters make it easy to integrate new equipment into your structured fiber optic cabling network. The applications of media converters include:...
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Advantages of VCSEL Lasers
VCSEL lasers have the economic advantage over any other diode lasers. This short explanation tells you why. A typical VCSEL consists of two oppositely-doped Distributed Bragg Reflectors (DBR) with a cavity layer between. In the center...
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AboveNet, PAXIO team on FTTH network in San Francisco Bay area
AboveNet Inc. (Abovenet), provider of fiber-based connectivity for business and carriers, has announced an agreement with PAXIO Inc. (PAXIO) for optical network facilities in the San Francisco Bay Area....
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