The following terms were defined with the assistance of Panduit Corporation, a leading manufacturer of wiring and network cabling products and Jeff Hecht, noted optical networking consultant and ...

Fiber optics provides a transmission medium that surpasses coax cable in many ways, especially for long transmission runs. But now with HD-SDI, the need for high-frequency capacity and low loss brings ...

- An optical fiber with 19 cores within a standard cladding diameter was developed, enabling a transmission capacity of 1.7 petabits per second. - Randomly coupled multi-core fibers require less power ...

If you’ve ever dabbled even a little bit into the tech world, you’ve probably heard of fiber optics. But what is it and why is it so important? Fiber optic cable is a whole new way of communication.

Plastic optical fiber (POF) has been used for 30 years in specialized applications that require low data rates and cabling runs less than 100 meters long. But now, because of new developments, POF is ...

Alan Martin, Engineer Extraordinaire, once told me, “You never regret adding isolation between your circuits.” While he was speaking in the context of power supplies, the same goes for isolating ...

OSAKA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (TOKYO:5802)(ISIN:JP3407400005) has developed a new-type coupled multi-core optical fiber suitable for ultra-long-haul transmission, ...