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Industrial Fiber Optic Cable Selection Guide

jelawrence — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 14:35:41 +0000

HCS® Industrial Graded-Index and Step-Index Fiber Optic Cable Selection Guide Indoor and outdoor optical fiber cables for use in Substation Automation, Factory Automation, Industrial Ethernet, HVDC Systems, and Power Electronics. View Guide Industrial Fiber Optic Cable Selection Guide Video Transcript: Hi, my name’s Pete Suttmeier with OFS Specialty Photonics division in Avon, Connecticut. And here’s […]

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LC Crimp & Cleave Termination Instructions

billscully — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 19:11:24 +0000

for 50 and 62.5 µm GiHCS®, 200 µm HCS® LC Connectors Important Safety and Warranty Information Please Read First! Please make sure to READ and understand the termination instructions completely. Improper assembly will cause poor termination results and cause damage to termination kit components. Download the pdf document for the full instructions Make sure you […]

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Placing Fiber Optic Cable in Underground Plant

billscully — Mon, 08 Jun 2020 21:17:46 +0000

Placing Fiber Optic Cable in Underground Plant 1. Overview This document covers cable placing in conduit, innerduct, handholes, and manhole structures. The innerduct may be direct buried or placed in larger diameter conduits. In some applications, the innerduct may be lashed to an aerial strand. This document covers conventional cable placing techniques that are used […]

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Fiber Optic Dispersion and other Non-Linear Effects

billscully — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 16:44:11 +0000

This article focuses on the parameters that affect available bandwidth in optical fibers, and the dispersion mechanisms of various fiber types and non-linear effects. Dispersion describes the process of how an input signal broadens out as it travels down the fiber. There are several types of dispersions that we will cover. We’ll also take a […]

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Optical Fiber Building Solutions

billscully — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 22:33:34 +0000

Optical fiber-to-the-business deployment is accelerating globally to support increasing internet speeds of up to 1 Gigabit per second, and 10 Gigabit speeds that are already available in some regions. Service providers are responding by installing optical fiber both to and deep inside buildings to the living unit. The Solutions in this 64-page guide can help […]

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FAQ Guide to Laser-Optimized Fiber

billscully — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 18:29:09 +0000

As transmission speeds over optical fiber networks in the enterprise increase to 10 Gigabits per second (Gb/s) and beyond, a relatively new term – “laser-optimized fiber” – has crept into the industry’s vocabulary. What is laser-optimized fiber? What do you need to know about it? And what exactly does the term “laser- optimized” mean? Understanding […]

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Choosing Between Single Mode vs Multimode Fibers

billscully — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 12:51:11 +0000

Single Mode vs Multimode Fibers Learn the differences and when to use single-mode vs multimode fiber. Cloud computing and web services continue to drive increased bandwidth demand, pushing data communications rates from 1 and 10G to 40 and 100G and beyond in enterprise and data center networks. These higher speeds might lead system designers to […]

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Single Mode Optical Fiber Selection Guide

billscully — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 18:56:17 +0000

Download the OFS single-mode optical fiber selection guide for terrestrial applications. Optical fiber applications include transcontinental, regional, metropolitan, home/business access and in-building fiber optic systems. The guide describes several families of OFS optical fibers and provides recommendations for single-mode fibers used in Outside Plant (OSP) as well as Indoor (Premises, Enterprise) applications and their benefits. […]

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Choosing the “Right” Optical Fiber – Single-Mode or Multimode?

lwerner — Fri, 24 May 2019 19:14:42 +0000

A huge increase in digital devices, cloud computing and web services have helped fuel the tremendous demand for increased bandwidth while also pushing datacom rates to 100G and beyond. With these faster speeds and greater use, system designers might assume that single-mode optical fiber holds a growing advantage over multimode optical fiber for premises applications. […]

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OM5 Multimode Fiber Has Arrived

jfiorentino — Fri, 07 Apr 2017 20:41:32 +0000

As data centers increase in size and scale, many industry watchers wonder when the use of single-mode optical fiber will overtake multimode fiber in these facilities. For hyperscale data center designers, that time has arrived. However, for much of the enterprise market, multimode fiber still offers significant cost and power savings over other fibers for […]

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