Measuring attenuation in a fiber-optic cable is a vital ingredient to obtaining the maximum performance from a system designs. But, for designers, just starting to work in the fiber-optic design space ...

As fiber optic cabling becomes an increasingly important aspect of local area network (LAN) communications infrastructures LAN installers have to be well schooled in the fundamentals of terminating ...

There are numerous types of plugs and sockets to connect optical fibers, using threaded, bayonet, push-pull and snap-lock connections. The first fiber-optic connector to be standardized was SMA, which ...

Fiber-optic connector manufacturers are shifting focus to accommodate complex networks with greater fiber density and higher transmission speeds. While these components vendors do not plan to abandon ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In a previous Broadcast Engineering article (“Understanding blocking capacitor effects,” August ...

First developed for the aerospace sector, Souriau’s ELIO contact combines excellent optical performance in demanding environments with very low signal losses even when subjected to the most violent ...