• 2021-06-06

A fiber-optic network is a system for optical fiber communications which consists of a number of fiber-optic links and additional components which make it possible to send data fro...

• 2021-07-15

In many applications of fiber optics, it is necessary to connect fiber ends (terminations) in some way such that light from one fiber can get into the other fiber without losing too much of its&n...

• 2021-07-20

Ribbon optical cables provide an ideal choice for deployment in campus, building and data center backbone applications where fiber counts of more than 24 are required. Just like the stranded loose tub...

• 2021-08-05

An optical fiber usually has some kind of fiber core. The area around the core is then called the fiber cladding. Figure 1: Light can be launched into the core of a fiber...

• 2021-09-01

FTTH (fiber to the home) networks are installed in many areas covering indoor section, outdoor section, as well as the transition in between. To fulfill the cabling requirements from different areas, ...

• 2021-09-18

FTTH, FTTC and FTTN are fiber optic legs. Made of strands of glass, fiber optic Internet provides faster, smoother service with more room for signal traffic compared to traditional copper cable wires....

• 2021-09-30

Scientists at the Swiss Federal Laboratory of Materials Science and Technology have developed an optical fiber with a liquid glycerin core that is stronger and can transmit data just as reliably as co...

• 2021-10-15

A passive optical network (PON) is a fiber-optic telecommunications technology for delivering broadband network access to end-customers. Its architecture implements a poi...

• 2021-10-21

With the fiber optics revolution for telecommunications in the 1980s, fiber optical technology became increasingly more advanced and higher quality. The telecommunications boom in the late 1990’s resu...