optical fiber Archives | OFS Wed, 03 Jul 2024 13:59:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://www.ofsoptics.com/wp-content/uploads/thumbnail_icon.jpg optical fiber Archives | OFS 32 32 Tuneable Light Waves for Optical Sensing https://www.ofsoptics.com/tuneable-light-waves-for-optical-sensing/ Wed, 29 Nov 2023 15:40:29 +0000 https://www.ofsoptics.com/?p=990331 OFS AcoustiSens® Optical Fibers used in random OPO system demonstration  By Regina Pynn, OFS Industrial Sensing & Networking Market Manager Once again, OFS optical fibers are paving the way for researchers to bring cutting-edge technology out of the lab and into practical applications. This time, we’re delving into the realm of optical fiber sensing – a technology […]

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]]> Enhancing Distributed Sensing with a Dual-Brillouin-Peak Optical Fiber https://www.ofsoptics.com/enhancing-distributed-sensing-with-a-dual-brillouin-peak-optical-fiber/ Thu, 12 Oct 2023 15:02:41 +0000 https://www.ofsoptics.com/?p=990287 Dual-Brillouin-Peak Optical Fiber redefines the boundaries of Brillouin scattering based distributed fiber sensing

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]]> On Topic: Fiber Fuels Rural Communities’ Economic Future https://www.ofsoptics.com/benefits-of-deploying-fiber-to-mdus-first-2/ Fri, 08 Sep 2023 20:09:11 +0000 https://www.ofsoptics.com/?p=990260 Did you know every dollar invested in broadband returns nearly 4 dollars to the economy? With the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) state allocations announced on June 26, states are now proactively creating plans to build high speed broadband networks to the unserved and underserved – all the way down to the last home […]

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]]> Benefits of Deploying Fiber to MDUs First https://www.ofsoptics.com/benefits-of-deploying-fiber-to-mdus-first/ Tue, 28 Mar 2023 16:24:04 +0000 https://www.ofsoptics.com/?p=989952 Transcript: Hi, I’m Mark Boxer, Technical Manager with OFS, and here’s what’s new in my world.  The first waves of fiber deployments were focused on single family homes and for good reason. There wasn’t as much demand for bandwidth and MDU or multi dwelling units and 15 to 20 years ago we just really didn’t […]

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]]> MDU!Click, An FTTx Installation System https://www.ofsoptics.com/mduclick-an-fttx-installation-system/ Tue, 07 Feb 2023 13:24:53 +0000 https://www.ofsoptics.com/?p=989527 Pay as you grow with MDU!Click Transcript Hi, I’m John George, Senior Director of Solutions Engineering and Fusion Splicers at OFS. What’s new in my world is our new MDU!Click® Solution for fiber deployment in buildings.   With the MDU!Click Solution we can defer the cost of a splitter module until we have a higher take […]

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]]> Rollable Ribbon’s Most Impressive Features https://www.ofsoptics.com/rollable-ribbons-most-impressive-features/ Tue, 01 Mar 2022 19:15:11 +0000 https://www.ofsoptics.com/?p=988433 Mark Boxer, OFS Technical Manager, reveals what makes Rollable Ribbon so special. To form these ribbons, fibers are partially bonded to each other at intermittent points. This design not only enables mass fusion ribbon splicing but allows for easier individual fiber breakout than flat ribbons. The preferential bending plane of the rollable ribbons facilitates rolling […]

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]]> A Fiber Broadband Success Story: Sandy, Oregon https://www.ofsoptics.com/a-fiber-broadband-success-story-sandy-oregon/ Wed, 02 Feb 2022 21:34:19 +0000 https://www.ofsoptics.com/?p=988384 Transcript: Sandy Oregon located about 30 miles from downtown Portland is blessed with beautiful mountain scenery but unfortunately its great location also leads to challenges when it comes to being connected to the outside world. In 2002 city officials had the vision to start their own internet service provider and offer affordable internet service to […]

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]]> The Last 100 Meters of Fiber to and Into the Home https://www.ofsoptics.com/the-last-100-meters-of-fiber-to-and-into-the-home/ https://www.ofsoptics.com/the-last-100-meters-of-fiber-to-and-into-the-home/#respond Wed, 20 Oct 2021 19:25:26 +0000 https://www.ofsoptics.com/?p=988047 The Last 100 Meters of Fiber to and Into the Home

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]]> https://www.ofsoptics.com/the-last-100-meters-of-fiber-to-and-into-the-home/feed/ 0 How Fiber Optic Cables are Made https://www.ofsoptics.com/how-its-made-fiber-optic-cables/ https://www.ofsoptics.com/how-its-made-fiber-optic-cables/#respond Fri, 30 Jul 2021 18:53:46 +0000 https://www.ofsoptics.com/?p=987890 We invite you on a tour of our fiber optic cable manufacturing facilities in Carrollton, Georgia, USA. View the highly automated OFS manufacturing process that produces a wide variety of fiber optic cables and products for telecommunications applications. Loose tube, microcables, flat ribbon, ADSS, ultra high density rollable ribbon cables and premise cables are all […]

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]]> https://www.ofsoptics.com/how-its-made-fiber-optic-cables/feed/ 0 HOW TO SPEAK “FIBER GEEK” | ARTICLE 5: CUT-OFF WAVELENGTH (COW) https://www.ofsoptics.com/how-to-speak-fiber-geek-article-5-cut-off-wavelength-cow/ https://www.ofsoptics.com/how-to-speak-fiber-geek-article-5-cut-off-wavelength-cow/#respond Mon, 14 Jun 2021 14:38:53 +0000 https://www.ofsoptics.com/?p=987782 WELCOME BACK, FIBER GEEKS!  The first Article in this series focused on growth in bandwidth demand and attenuation in optical fibers. Article 2 concentrated on the several types of dispersion that exist in fiber today, closely followed by Article 3 – Fiber strength and reliability. Article 4 featured single-mode fiber geometries and now the latest […]

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