Fiber Cables and Connections Flashcards

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Single Mode Fiber

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Greatest distance of bounded media
Core = 9 microns
Cladding = 125 microns

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UPC

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Ultra Physical Contact, light is reflected straight back to the reciever

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APC

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Angled Physical Contact, light is reflected at an angle, into the cladding. Helps avoid signal loss

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4
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Multiplexing

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Combines multiple signals on a pair of fibers

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5
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CWDM

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Course Wavelength Division Multiplexing
18 wavelengths per fiber
shorter distances
wavelengths are 20nm apart
cheaper

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DWDM

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Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
96 wavelengths per fiber
greater distances
wavelengths are 0.8nm apart

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