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Fiber 101: The history and reasoning of the new Base-8 and the old Base-12 cable connectors
Corning is known for the sturdy Gorilla Glass that many people use in their mobile phones. But the company is synonymous with fiber optic cable. (Photo: Groman123, Flickr). When describing optical fiber links, people use various terms to describe the link according to the type of connectors and t...Read more -
Charles K. Kao: Google pays tribute to the “father of fiber optics”
The latest Google Doodle celebrates the 88th anniversary of the birth of the late Charles K. Kao. Charles K. Kao is the pioneer engineer of fiber optic communications that is widely used on the Internet today. Gao Quanquan was born in Shanghai on November 4, 1933. He studied English and French at...Read more -
SC vs LC—What’s the difference?
Optical connectors are used for connection between network devices at data centers and for the connection of fiber optic cable to equipment on customer premises (e.g. FTTH). Among the various types of fiber connector, SC and LC are two of the most commonly used ...Read more -
Data Center Solution
The data center room wiring system is composed of two parts: SAN network wiring system and network cabling system. In computer systems engineering, must respect the room within the wiring of unified planning and design, wiring bridge routing must be integrated into the engine room and other kinds...Read more -
What Are MPO and MTP® Cables
There comes a more demanding request for higher transmission speed and larger capacity with the prevalence of cloud computing in the era of big data. 40/100G networks are increasingly becoming more commonplace in data centers. As an alternative to MPO cables, MTP® cables with better performance h...Read more -
What Makes a Quality MTP/MPO Cable
MTP/MPO cables are used in a variety of high-speed, high-density applications and within larger data centers. Generally the quality of the cable is determined by the stability and sustainability of the network as a whole. So, how can you spot a quality MTP Cable in the w...Read more -
Fiber Optic Patch Cord
■ Before making use of fiber optic patch cords you should ensure that the wavelength of the tranciever module at the end of the cable is identical. This means that the specified wavelength of the light emitting module (your device), should be the same as that of the cab...Read more -
What’s the Difference Between UPC and APC Connector?
We usually hear about descriptions like “LC/UPC multimode duplex fiber optic patch cable”, or “ST/APC single-mode simplex fiber optic jumper”. What do these words UPC and APC connector mean? What’s the difference between them? This article may give some explanations to y...Read more -
Single-mode Fiber (SMF): Higher Capability and Better Future-proofing
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. There are two primary sources of specification of single mode optical fiber. One is the ITU-T G.65x...Read more -
What’s the Difference: Single Mode vs Multimode Fiber?
An optical fiber is a flexible, transparent fiber made of extruded glass or plastic, slightly thicker than a human hair. Optical fibers are used most often as a means to transmit light between the two ends of the fiber and find wide usage in fiber-optic communications, w...Read more -
The More and More Mature Fiber Optic Cables Transmission Technology
Fiber optic media are any network transmission media that generally use glass, or plastic fiber in some special cases, to transmit network data in the form of light pulses. Within the last decade, optical fiber has become an increasingly popular type of network transmission media as the need for ...Read more -
What’s the Difference: OM3 FIBER vs OM4 FIBER
What’s the Difference: OM3 vs OM4? In fact, the difference between OM3 vs OM4 fiber is just in the construction of the fiber optic cable. The difference in the construction means that OM4 cable has better attenuation and can operate at higher bandwidth than OM3. What is ...Read more
