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Fiber Optic Products
An optical fiber is a transparent flexible cylindrical thin glass (silica) fiber. It is widely used as communications medium for transmitting light signals across considerable distances. The advancement of technology has enabled the light rays to be guided over a distance of 1 km through glass fiber with minimum sound losses (3.6%, 0.16 dB). Apart from the long distance it also it also enables higher bandwidths compared to normal copper wire. Optical fiber is not affected by electromagnetic interferences and has less transmission losses when compared to metal. Fiber is also used in illumination and many other applications which include fiber lasers and fiber optic sensors. Fiber optic products have brought in a revolutionary breakthrough in transmission technology. Fiber optic cables have replaced coaxial cables made of copper as the medium of transmission of electromagnetic waves for terrestrial communication. Applications of optical fiber can be found in tele communication, data communication and computer local area network.
Applications of Fiber Optic Products
Bobtail optical fiber connectors are termination type ready to use connectors for field applications. They are pre-polished and used for applications like LAN (Local Area Networks), field repair work, laboratory settings and testing. Field repair work time is drastically reduced by as much as 90%. Special tools are not required.
An optical time-domain reflectometer (OTDR) is used for estimating length of fiber, signal strength including including joint and connection losses.
Fusion splicers use electric arc to fuse and join two optical fibers. The connections thus made are non-reflective. Fibers can be aligned by any one of two methods: core alignment and V-groove alignment.
Attenuators are used to reduce the strength of an optical signal. They are generally used to test power limits of a network or to match signal strength to levels acceptable for working optical equipment.
There is no optical network without cabling. Simplex cable design has fiber coated with a PVC tight buffer. They are further jacketed together, by Kevlar yarn covering, and a PVC outer jacket. Duplex cable is similar to simplex cable except that it has fibers both for transmitting and receiving.
Fiber Optic Cable Assemblies are custom-made and become necessary when normal patchcord cable is not enough for providing connectivity in a project. Legacy connectors, multi-fiber and large-core fiber assemblies are some of the typical examples.
Cleaning the fiber optic connectors and cable is a very important part. Bottled Isopropyl alcohol is used to clean the fiber. This helps in trouble shooting your problems in fiber optic connection. Instead of spending money in replacing patch cords several times, cleaning with this liquid will help to improve the signal.
FIS Mechanical Splices are used for gripping fibers together. They also help in using special adhesives to achieve higher pull strength.
They are used as light guides in medical and other applications where bright light needs to be shone on a target without a clear line-of-sight path. Fiber optic products have found wide applications in decorative lamps, signs, toys, art and innumerable advanced technologies.