1. List the basic elements of a Fiber-Optic communication system • A fiber optic transmission strand that can carry the signal. • A source of invisible infrared radiation modulated to impress digital data or an analog signal on the light beam. • A photosensitive detector to convert the optical signal back into an electrical signal at the receiver. • Optical connectors at the light source-to-cable interface and at the cable-to-photo detector interface. 2. List Five advantages of an optical
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Fiber Optics Assignment Many modern medical materials and equipment work on a principle which is beyond the capacity of human transducers. Comment and discuss the working principles of an endoscope‚ uteroscope or a rectoscope showing the illuminating path‚ the image path‚ transmission path and the liquid transfer or operating instrument ducts‚ showing the position of suitable valves. This will therefore explain how light travels through an optical fibre and show how such
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Fiber Optics History of Fiber Optics History Of Fiber Optics In 1870‚ John Tyndall‚ using a jet of water that flowed from one container to another and a beam of light‚ demonstrated that light used internal reflection to follow a specific path. • Alexander Graham Bell patented an optical telephone system‚ which he called the Photophone • He dreamed of sending signals through the air‚ but the atmosphere didn’t transmit light as reliably as wires carried electricity. • During the 1920s‚ John
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Fiber optics is a cable that is quickly replacing out-dated copper wires. Fiber optics is based on a concept known as total internal reflection. It can transmit video‚ sound‚ or data in either analog or digital form . Compared to copper wires it can transmit thousands of times more data (slide 2) . Some of its general uses are telecommunications‚ computing‚ and medicine. <br> <br>The very first "fiber" was made in 1870 by the British physicist John Tyndal. In this experiment that he showed to the
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and Sound - 4th Six Weeks Project Fiber Optics Sara McCormack‚ Special Harris‚ K’sandra Cunningham‚ and Arkayza Ross Light‚ Color‚ and Sound – Fiber Optics An optical fiber is made up of a core‚ cladding‚ and a buffer. The cladding moves the light along the core by using total internal reflection. The core and the cladding are usually made of high-quality silica glass‚ but they can both be made of plastic as well. Connecting two optical fibers is done by fusion splicing or mechanical
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NT1310 Unit 7 Exercise 1 1. Crosstalk: A disturbance caused by electromagnetic interference‚ along a circuit or a cable pair. A telecommunication signal disrupts a signal in an adjacent circuit and can cause the signals to become confused and cross over each other 2. Waveguides: A circular‚ elliptical or rectangular metal tube or pipe through which electromagnetic waves are propagated in microwave and RF communications. The wave passing through the medium is forced to follow the path determined
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Fiber Optics Fiber Optic Cable Facts "A relatively new technology with vast potential importance‚ fiber optics is the channeled transmission of light through hair-thin glass fibers." [ Less expensive than copper cables [ Raw material is silica sand [ Less expensive to maintain If damaged‚ restoration time is faster (although more users are affected) [ Backbone to the Information Superhighway Information (data and voice) is transmitted through the fiber digitally by the use of high
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Eric Scantlebury NT1310 Physical Networking Unit 3 Assignment 1: Specifications - Definitions 4/10/14 Application Describes cables‚ fire ratings and shielding Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) Types of Ethernet and phone cables twisted around each other to decrease interference from EMI. Has no shielding. Shielded Twisted Pair (STP) Same as the UTP cables except it is shielded in a metal sheath around it to stop external interference. Fiber-Optic Cable A cable that uses glass to transmit data using
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military/aerospace platform operational environment challenges the creativity of fiber optic module packaging engineers as they endeavor to develop and mature new active and passive single-mode fiber optic and photonic components for next generation avionics networking applications. Low sales and manufacturing volumes inherent to avionics combined with lack of standard interface specifications for current and next generation fiber optic local area network architectures and sub-systems makes it difficult for
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Unit 3 Exercise 1: Specifications – Definitions Define the following terms: Application (in terms of cabling infrastructure) – systems supported by telecommunications cabling; includes Ethernet‚ Token ring‚ Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI)‚ and Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) Unshielded Twisted-Pair (UTP) – a type of cabling containing pairs of copper wires that are twisted together with plastic casing but without an electromagnetically shielded jacket; typically used in Ethernet applications
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