Does Bend Insensitive Multimode Fiber Make Sense?
As we all know, when optical fiber exceeds a certain bend radius, some amount of light can be lost, causing signal loss. This can happen during installation or anytime during fiber handling, and is...
View ArticleUnderstanding Loss in Fiber Optic
Fiber optic transmission has various advantages over other transmission methods like copper or radio transmission. Fiber optic which is lighter, smaller and more flexible than copper can transmit...
View ArticleWhat Limits the Optical Transmission Distance
Fiber optic network is gradually replacing copper network, because of its various advantages, like high speed, high density and high bandwidth, etc. Among which is that fiber optic cable can support...
View ArticleWhat Kind of Single-mode Fiber Should You Choose?
As we all know, multimode fiber is usually divided into OM1, OM2, OM3 and OM4. Then how about single-mode fiber? In fact, the types of single-mode fiber seem much more complex than multimode fiber....
View ArticleMPO/MTP® Cassette Module Solution
With the trend of high-density cabling and the coming of 40/100G network, MPO/MTP® assemblies play a more and more important role in fiber optic network. As one of the commonly used assemblies, the...
View ArticleFiber Patch Cable Selection Guide for 40G QSFP+ Transceivers
Numerous things need to be planned and designed for 40G migration. Whether the switches can support such a high speed Ethernet? Which kind of optical transceiver work best on the switches? Which...
View ArticlePush-Pull Tab Patch Cords Make High Density Cabling Easy and Elegant
High Density Is the Trend High Density seems to be the trend of this century. Every industry chases it. It is also true to optical communication industry. Especially when more and more data centers are...
View ArticleFanout Technology in 40G Data Center
Driven by need for high speed Ethernet and increasing services like Cloud and virtual data center, migration from 10G to 40G is unstoppable. Except adding more devices and cables to get higher...
View ArticleCabling Connectivity for 40G Short Reach Transceivers
Originally the Ethernet standard has relied on duplex fiber cabling with each channel using one fiber to transmit and the other to receive. Later, the 802.3ab standard requires multiple lanes of...
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