Fiber Optics Basics

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Fiber OpticsBasics
John Frierson University of South Carolina
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Definition of Fiber Optics
The transmission or guiding of light signals
through hair thin strands of glass or plastic at
very high speeds.
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History of Fiber Optics
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• 1870
• John Tyndall

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Light Reflected from Surface
Water Flowing Out of Bucket
Light Leaks Out
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1880 William Wheeling
Piping Light
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• 1880
• Alexander Graham Bell

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Photophone
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• 1950s to Present

• Fiber Scope
• Lasers
• Improved Glass
• Glass Atlantic Cable
• Pacific Cable
• Advances Uses

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Fiber Construction
Core
Coating
Cladding
Cable Jacket
Kevlar Strengthening Fibers
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Types ofFiber
62.5 microns

• Multimode

8.5 microns
Single mode
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Light Path
Single Mode Fiber
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Types of Fiber Cable
Tight Buffered
Loose Tube
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Connectors

• Biconic

ST
FC
LC
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Connectors
Straight polished
Angle polished
SC
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Mechanical Splice
fiber
fiber

• alignment sleeve

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Splicing Fiber
Mechanical Splice
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Fusion Splice
fiber
fiber

• electric arc

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Splicing Fiber
Fusion Splicer
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Care and Handling of Fiber
Bend Radius
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Cleaning Fiber Connectors
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Design of Campus System in USCB-South
Maintenance Building
Satellite Receiver Modulator Rack
Fiber Xmit
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Hargray Building
Fiber Rec
Combiner
Fiber Xmit
Local Cable In
1x8 Coupler
Processors
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Thank You!

• Contact Information
• John Frierson
• University of South Carolina
• University Instructional Services
• [phone]

Contact Information John Frierson University of
South Carolina University Instructional
Services jfrierson_at_gwm.sc.edu [phone]