Fiber optic cabling
Essential reading for anyone involved in fiber optic cable applications, from installation engineers to IT professionals.Fiber Optic Cabling is a practical guide to all aspects of designing, specifying and installing systems for LANs and other data communications applications. The second edition ha...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Newnes
2002.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627452006719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Fiber Optic Cabling; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter 1. Fibre optic communications and the data cabling revolution; Safety statement; Cabling as an operating system; Communications cabling and its role; Fibre optics and the cabling market; Fibre optic cabling as an operating system; The economics of fiber optic cabling; Chapter 2. Optical fiber theory; Introduction; Basic fiber parameters; Refractive index; Laws of reflection and refraction; Optical fiber and total internal reflection; Optical fiber construction and definitions; The ideal fiber
- Light acceptance and numerical apertureLight loss and attenuation; Intrinsic loss mechanisms; Modal distribution and fiber attenuation; Extrinsic loss mechanisms; Impact of numerical aperture on attenuation; Operational wavelength windows; Bandwidth; Step index and graded index fibers; Modal conversion and its effect upon bandwidth; Single mode transmission in optical fiber; Bandwidth specifications for optical fiber; System design, bandwidth utilization and fiber geometries; Optical fiber geometries; The new family of single mode fiber; Plastic optical fiber; References
- Chapter 3. Optical fiber production techniquesIntroduction; Manufacturing techniques; Preform manufacture; Stepped index fiber preforms; All-silica fiber preforms; Fiber manufacture from preforms; Fiber compatibility; Clad silica fibers; Plastic optical fiber; Radiation hardness; Primary coating processes; Summary; Chapter 4. Optical fiber - connection theory and basic techniques; Introduction; Connection techniques; Connection categories; Insertion loss; Basic parametric mismatch; Fusion splice joints; Mechanical alignment; Total loss, fiber geometry and preparation; Return loss; Summary
- Chapter 5. Practical aspects of connection technologyIntroduction; Alignment techniques within joints; The joint and its specification; Insertion loss and component specifications; The introduction of optical fiber within joint mechanisms; Joint mechanisms: relative cladding diameter alignment; Joint mechanisms: absolute cladding diameter alignment; Chapter 6. Connectors and joints, alternatives and applications; Introduction; Splice joints; Demountable connectors; Standards and optical connectors; Termination: the attachment of a fiber optic connector to a cable
- Termination as an installation techniqueSummary; References; Chapter 7. Fibre optic cables; Introduction; Basic cabling elements; Cabling requirements and designs; Fibre optic cable design definitions; Inter-building (external) cables; Intra-building (internal) cables; Fibre optic cables and optomechanical stresses; User-friendly cable designs; The economics of optical fiber cable design; Summary; Chapter 8. Optical fiber highways; Introduction; Optical fiber installations: definitions; The optical fiber highway; Optical fiber highway design; Chapter 9. Optical fiber highway design
- Introduction
