History on Fiber Optics
Types and Connectors of Fiber Optics
Electro-Optical Conversion
Fiber Properties
100
What's the principle that allow light to be sent in a single fiber that doesn't allow it to leak outside the core?
Total Internal Reflection TIR
100
What are two types of Fibers?
Single and Multimode
100
Which equipment is used for converting Optical Light into Electric Signal?
SFP (Single Form Hot Pluggable)
100
Which part of the fiber does the light travels through?
The Core
200
Which type of encoding is similar to fiber optics, in relaying messages that can be decoded by its own language?
Morse Encoding
200
What is this type of connector called?
ST Connector
200
This device boosts weak optical signals and retransmits it to make it better decoded on the other side.
Active/Passive Amplifiers
200
Which material within the fiber prevents light from refracting outside the middle of the fiber?
Cladding
300
These brothers created the first optical telegraph.
French Chappe Brothers
300
What type of connector is this?
SC Connector
300
Can Fiber transmit over 60 miles?
False
300
What are two materials typically used for making fiber?
Glass and Plastic
400
Alexander Graham Bell created a purely optical telephone in 1880 called?...
The Photophone
400
What type of connector is this?
LC
400
The technique behind bundling multiple waves of light into one beam on the transmitting side and splitting it back on the receiving end?
WDM (Wavelength Division Multiplexing)
400
How long can light permeate throughout a fiber?
100km or 60 miles
500
Which Company is at the forefront of creating fiber equipment, patch cords, and distribution fiber? Also, they make the glass for our cell phones!
Corning Inc.
500
Which fiber is superior in terms of transmitting copious amounts of data in a shorter distance, and used in college campuses and Local LANS
Multi-Mode
500
What is this equipment called?
Multiport Switch/Router
500
How is data shown within the Fiber?
By Pulsating