Fiber Optics

ST, SC, FC, MT-RJ and LC Styles There are several types of fiber optic connectors available today. The most common are: ST, SC, FC, MT-RJ and LC style connectors. All of these types of connectors can be used with either multimode or single mode fiber. There are three types of polishes which can be applied to a fiber connector: PC or Physical contact, UPC or Ultra Physical contact and APC or Angled Physical contact. Each polish type exhibits a different level of back reflection. Back reflection is a measure of the light reflected off the end of a fiber connector. This light is measured in decibels. For certain applications, the amount of back reflection on a fiber connector is critical. Read more about Optic Cable .

Small form-factor pluggable, or SFP, devices are hot-swappable I/O equipment used mainly in network and storage switches; they permit the switch to accord to fiber cables of various varieties -- as well as single-mode and multimode -- and speeds (1 Gbps, 10 Gbps), or maybe Ethernet copper cables, like CAT5e and CAT6. Almost all enterprise-class switches represent two or more SFP ports, allowing them to become a part of a circle or star-based configuration spread among entirely different buildings, floors or areas, and associated via fiber optic cabling. In several cases, SFP ports are called mini-Gigabit interface convertor (GBIC) modules, as they need replaced the older GBIC transceivers. SFPs will be used and interchanged on a large form of product, and that they will be interchanged in mixtures of 1000BASE-T, 1000BASE-SX, 1000BASE-LX/LH, 1000BASE-EX, 1000BASE-ZX or 1000BASE-BX10-D/U on a port-by-port basis. Read More about Optic Cable .

1. Fiber Supports Very High Bandwidth Levels When it comes to bandwidth, no currently available technology is better than fiber – especially  single mode fiber . Fiber optic cables provide more bandwidth to carry more data than copper cables of the same diameter. 2. Fiber is Inherently Secure Fiber cables do not produce signals; connecting taps to a fiber cable to interrupt data transmission is extremely difficult. 3. Fiber is Intrinsically Safe Because electricity isn’t involved with transferring data (data is transferred via light instead), the benefits of fiber include the fact that it’s safe to handle. 4. Fiber Withstands Water and Temperature Fluctuations Fiber optic cable  isn’t impacted by temperature changes, bad weather or moisture. For example, if it comes into contact with rainwater, communication goes on as usual. If lightning strikes a fiber cable, the surge of electricity will not be propagated because the fiber cable doesn’t contain any metallic com