A transceiver is a device comprising both a transmitter and a receiver which are combined and share common circuitry or a single housing. Transceiver modules are essential in a telecommunication system. There are a lot of fiber optic trans…

Optical devices of different types are connected with fiber patch cords. Fiber optic patch cord is an optical cable, capped at either end with connectors and used to connect one optical device to another for signal routing. The core of all…

Whenever a connector is installed on the end of fiber, light loss will be incurred. Some of this light loss is reflected directly back down the fiber towards the light source that generated it. These back reflections, or optical return los…

Fiber optic patch cords, consisting of a piece of fiber optic cable and a connectors on each end, are one of the simplest elements in any optical network. Despite its simplicity, the patch cord still has a strong effect on the overall perf…

Introduction Fiber optics, the main part of fiber optic cables, usually are microscopic strands of very pure glass with about the same diameter of a human hair. Light signals can be transmitted along the fiber over great distances at very …

Traditionally, each fiber connection requires two strands of fiber, one for TX and one for RX, namely, transmission and reception. What will you do when all of your installed fibers are used up and you need to add more links? Will you choo…

It is not so difficult to achieve long distance transmission with fiber optic transceivers as long as proper tools are available. Transceiver is one of the most reliable device because it is derived from a multi-source agreement (MSA) and …

Fiber-optic communication network has always been in a state of ongoing evolution. With more challenges of increasing service needs, fiber exhausts, and layered bandwidth managements, solutions have to be provided. Generally, there are two…