Fiber Fundamentals
The main principle that keeps light inside the fiber core.
What is Total Internal Reflection?
The standard jacket color used to identify Single-mode fiber optic cables.
What is Yellow?
The common connector type known for its small form factor and push-pull latching mechanism.
What is the LC Connector?
The simplest, most common light source used for short-distance, low-speed Multimode fiber links.
What is an LED?
The number of sides on a stop sign.
What is eight?
The material typically used for the core of most high-performance optical fibers.
What is Glass (or Silica)?
The component within a loose-tube cable that prevents water intrusion.
What is Gel (or water-blocking gel)?
The process of permanently joining two fibers by melting their glass ends together.
What is Fusion Splicing?
This component converts the weak optical signal back into an electrical signal at the receiving end of a fiber link.
What is a Detector (or Photodetector / Photodiode)?
The largest organ of the human body.
What is the Skin?
The two common core diameters, typically 50 $\mu$m and 62.5 $\mu$m, used for this type of fiber.
What is Multimode?
This type of cable rating is required for use in vertical shafts or runs between floors in a building.
What is Riser (or Riser-rated)?
The term for a connector that is shaped like a square and uses a push-pull mechanism, often replacing the ST connector.
What is the SC Connector?
The light source required for Single-mode fiber because it emits a focused, coherent beam.
What is a Laser (or Semiconductor Laser)?
The country where the sport of Judo originated.
What is Japan?
The two most common wavelengths for Single-mode fiber operation, expressed in nm.
What are 1310 and 1550?
The two types of sheaths applied to the fiber itself: Primary coating and this outer colored layer.
What is the Secondary Buffer?
This essential tool removes the protective buffer layers from a fiber end before cleaving or splicing.
What is a Fiber Stripper?
The term for a device that includes both a fiber-optic transmitter and a receiver in a single package.
What is a Transceiver?
The process by which plants convert light energy into chemical energy.
What is Photosynthesis?
The unit of measurement for optical power loss along a fiber, represented by the abbreviation dB.
What is the Decibel?
The primary hazard when handling bare optical fiber that requires a proper disposal method.
What are Fiber scraps (or glass shards)?
This key geometric alignment factor is measured when inspecting a ferrule's end-face, referring to the core's position relative to the center.
What is Concentricity?
The acronym for a highly sensitive detector that uses an internal multiplication effect to amplify the light signal.
What is APD (or Avalanche Photodiode)?
The only letter in the English alphabet that is not found on the periodic table.
What is the letter J?