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Characteristics
The Nature of Light
Construction
Cable Connectors
Transmission
Characteristics
100
What is the FO cable constructed of?
Glass or Plastic Core
100
Wave vs. Particle
What are the 2 theories of light?
100
Medium for transferring light waves
What is glass or plastic?
100
Always use connectors from same manufacturer
What is proprietary?
100
Caused by scattering, dispersion, extrinsic losses
What is attenuation?
200
At the source
Where is the transmitter located?
200
1 billionth of a meter
What is a nanometer?
200
Insulating jacket
What is a sheath?
200
Cable connector that is similar to BNC What is ST?
What is ST?
200
Measure of signal strength
What is a Decibel?
300
Electromagnetic Interference
What are FO cables immune to?
300
Gamma Ray, x-ray, ultraviolet, visible, infrared
What is the light spectrum?
300
Buffer area
What is the physical protection?
300
Screw threads(like coaxial style screw)
What is FC?
300
Installation of FO cable between 2 end points that are more than 40 miles apart
What is a long-haul installation?
400
10+ Kilometers
What is How long can FO cable be ran?
400
Form of energy that behaves like a wave & can travel through a vacuum
What is an electromagnetic wave?
400
Um (micromils)
What is FO cable expressed in?
400
Physical attributes of a connector
What is form factor?
400
Distortion of light wave as it reflects off cladding
What is dispersion?
500
1000 to 100
What is the ratio of FO cables to Copper-Core cables?
500
3 common FO wavelengths
What is What are 850, 1300, 1550 nanometers?
500
2 broad classifications of FO cable
What is single-mode and multimode?
500
Square
What is the shape of a SC cable?
500
Type of signal loss commonly occurs at connection points due to refraction property
What is Fresenel reflection loss?