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North and South America United States Canada Argentina Brazil Mexico. Europe, Middle East, and Africa France London Germany Italy Middle East Netherlands Poland Spain. Asia Pacific India Japan South Korea Singapore Vietnam Indonesia Australia. What are coherent optics? At its most basic, coherent optical transmission is a technique that uses modulation of the amplitude and phase of the light, as well as transmission across two polarizations, to enable the transport of considerably more information through a fiber optic cable.

Using digital signal processing at both the transmitter and receiver, coherent optics also offers higher bit-rates, greater degrees of flexibility, simpler photonic line systems, and better optical performance.

Advanced coherent optical technology has a number of key attributes, including: High-gain soft-decision Forward Error Correction FEC , which enables signals to traverse longer distances while requiring fewer regenerator points.

It provides more margin, allowing higher bit-rate signals to traverse farther distances. This results in simpler photonic lines, less equipment, and lower costs—while, of course, increasing bandwidth significantly. Spectral shaping , which provides greater capacity across cascaded Reconfigurable Optical Add-Drop Multiplexers ROADMs , resulting in increased spectral efficiency for super channels.

After the torch has reached the end of the tube, it is then brought back to the beginning of the tube and the deposited particles are then melted to form a solid layer. This process is repeated until a sufficient amount of material has been deposited.

For each layer the composition can be modified by varying the gas composition, resulting in precise control of the finished fiber's optical properties.

In outside vapor deposition or vapor axial deposition, the glass is formed by flame hydrolysis , a reaction in which silicon tetrachloride and germanium tetrachloride are oxidized by reaction with water in an oxyhydrogen flame.

In outside vapor deposition, the glass is deposited onto a solid rod, which is removed before further processing. In vapor axial deposition, a short seed rod is used, and a porous preform, whose length is not limited by the size of the source rod, is built up on its end. The porous preform is consolidated into a transparent, solid preform by heating to about 1, K 1, °C, 2, °F.

Typical communications fiber uses a circular preform. For some applications such as double-clad fibers another form is preferred. Because of the surface tension, the shape is smoothed during the drawing process, and the shape of the resulting fiber does not reproduce the sharp edges of the preform.

Nevertheless, careful polishing of the preform is important, since any defects of the preform surface affect the optical and mechanical properties of the resulting fiber.

The preform, regardless of construction, is placed in a device known as a drawing tower , where the preform tip is heated and the optical fiber is pulled out as a string.

The tension on the fiber can be controlled to maintain the desired fiber thickness. The light is guided down the core of the fiber by an optical cladding with a lower refractive index that traps light in the core through total internal reflection. For some types of fiber, the cladding is made of glass and is drawn along with the core from a preform with radially varying index of refraction.

For other types of fiber, the cladding made of plastic and is applied like a coating see below. The cladding is coated by a buffer that protects it from moisture and physical damage.

The coatings protect the very delicate strands of glass fiber—about the size of a human hair—and allow it to survive the rigors of manufacturing, proof testing, cabling, and installation. The buffer coating must be stripped off the fiber for termination or splicing.

An inner primary coating is designed to act as a shock absorber to minimize attenuation caused by microbending. An outer secondary coating protects the primary coating against mechanical damage and acts as a barrier to lateral forces, and may be colored to differentiate strands in bundled cable constructions.

These fiber optic coating layers are applied during the fiber draw, at speeds approaching kilometers per hour 60 mph. Fiber optic coatings are applied using one of two methods: wet-on-dry and wet-on-wet.

In wet-on-dry, the fiber passes through a primary coating application, which is then UV cured, then through the secondary coating application, which is subsequently cured. In wet-on-wet, the fiber passes through both the primary and secondary coating applications, then goes to UV curing.

The thickness of the coating is taken into account when calculating the stress that the fiber experiences under different bend configurations. In a two-point bend configuration, a coated fiber is bent in a U-shape and placed between the grooves of two faceplates, which are brought together until the fiber breaks.

where d is the distance between the faceplates. The coefficient 1. Fiber optic coatings protect the glass fibers from scratches that could lead to strength degradation.

The combination of moisture and scratches accelerates the aging and deterioration of fiber strength. When fiber is subjected to low stresses over a long period, fiber fatigue can occur. Over time or in extreme conditions, these factors combine to cause microscopic flaws in the glass fiber to propagate, which can ultimately result in fiber failure.

Three key characteristics of fiber optic waveguides can be affected by environmental conditions: strength, attenuation, and resistance to losses caused by microbending. On the inside, coatings ensure the reliability of the signal being carried and help minimize attenuation due to microbending.

In practical fibers, the cladding is usually coated with a tough resin and features an additional buffer layer, which may be further surrounded by a jacket layer, usually plastic. These layers add strength to the fiber but do not affect its optical properties.

Rigid fiber assemblies sometimes put light-absorbing glass between the fibers, to prevent light that leaks out of one fiber from entering another. This reduces crosstalk between the fibers, or reduces flare in fiber bundle imaging applications. Modern cables come in a wide variety of sheathings and armor, designed for applications such as direct burial in trenches, high voltage isolation, dual use as power lines, [85] [ failed verification ] installation in conduit, lashing to aerial telephone poles, submarine installation , and insertion in paved streets.

Some fiber optic cable versions are reinforced with aramid yarns or glass yarns as an intermediary strength member. In commercial terms, usage of the glass yarns are more cost-effective with no loss of mechanical durability. Glass yarns also protect the cable core against rodents and termites.

Fiber cable can be very flexible, but traditional fiber's loss increases greatly if the fiber is bent with a radius smaller than around 30 mm. This creates a problem when the cable is bent around corners.

Bendable fibers , targeted toward easier installation in home environments, have been standardized as ITU-T G. This type of fiber can be bent with a radius as low as 7. Even more bendable fibers have been developed.

Another important feature of cable is cable's ability to withstand tension which determines how much force can be applied to the cable during installation. Optical fibers are connected to terminal equipment by optical fiber connectors. These connectors are usually of a standard type such as FC , SC , ST , LC , MTRJ , MPO or SMA.

Optical fibers may be connected by connectors, or permanently by splicing , that is, joining two fibers together to form a continuous optical waveguide. The generally accepted splicing method is arc fusion splicing , which melts the fiber ends together with an electric arc.

Fusion splicing is done with a specialized instrument. The fiber ends are first stripped of their protective polymer coating as well as the more sturdy outer jacket, if present.

The ends are cleaved cut with a precision cleaver to make them perpendicular, and are placed into special holders in the fusion splicer.

The splice is usually inspected via a magnified viewing screen to check the cleaves before and after the splice. The splicer uses small motors to align the end faces together, and emits a small spark between electrodes at the gap to burn off dust and moisture.

Then the splicer generates a larger spark that raises the temperature above the melting point of the glass, fusing the ends permanently. The location and energy of the spark is carefully controlled so that the molten core and cladding do not mix, and this minimizes optical loss.

A splice loss estimate is measured by the splicer, by directing light through the cladding on one side and measuring the light leaking from the cladding on the other side. A splice loss under 0. The complexity of this process makes fiber splicing much more difficult than splicing copper wire.

Mechanical fiber splices are designed to be quicker and easier to install, but there is still the need for stripping, careful cleaning, and precision cleaving. The fiber ends are aligned and held together by a precision-made sleeve, often using a clear index-matching gel that enhances the transmission of light across the joint.

Such joints typically have a higher optical loss and are less robust than fusion splices, especially if the gel is used. All splicing techniques involve installing an enclosure that protects the splice.

Fibers are terminated in connectors that hold the fiber end precisely and securely. A fiber-optic connector is a rigid cylindrical barrel surrounded by a sleeve that holds the barrel in its mating socket.

The mating mechanism can be push and click , turn and latch bayonet mount , or screw-in threaded. The barrel is typically free to move within the sleeve and may have a key that prevents the barrel and fiber from rotating as the connectors are mated.

A typical connector is installed by preparing the fiber end and inserting it into the rear of the connector body. Quick-set adhesive is usually used to hold the fiber securely, and a strain relief is secured to the rear.

Once the adhesive sets, the fiber's end is polished to a mirror finish. Various polish profiles are used, depending on the type of fiber and the application.

For single-mode fiber, fiber ends are typically polished with a slight curvature that makes the mated connectors touch only at their cores. This is called a physical contact PC polish.

The curved surface may be polished at an angle, to make an angled physical contact APC connection. Such connections have higher loss than PC connections but greatly reduced back reflection, because light that reflects from the angled surface leaks out of the fiber core.

The resulting signal strength loss is called gap loss. APC fiber ends have low back reflection even when disconnected. In the s, terminating fiber optic cables was labor-intensive. The number of parts per connector, polishing of the fibers, and the need to oven-bake the epoxy in each connector made terminating fiber optic cables difficult.

Today, many connector types are on the market that offer easier, less labor-intensive ways of terminating cables. Some of the most popular connectors are pre-polished at the factory and include a gel inside the connector.

Those two steps help save money on labor, especially on large projects. A cleave is made at a required length, to get as close to the polished piece already inside the connector.

The gel surrounds the point where the two pieces meet inside the connector for very little light loss. It is often necessary to align an optical fiber with another optical fiber or with an optoelectronic device such as a light-emitting diode , a laser diode , or a modulator.

This can involve either carefully aligning the fiber and placing it in contact with the device, or can use a lens to allow coupling over an air gap. Typically the size of the fiber mode is much larger than the size of the mode in a laser diode or a silicon optical chip.

In this case, a tapered or lensed fiber is used to match the fiber mode field distribution to that of the other element. The lens on the end of the fiber can be formed using polishing, laser cutting [88] or fusion splicing. In a laboratory environment, a bare fiber end is coupled using a fiber launch system, which uses a microscope objective lens to focus the light down to a fine point.

A precision translation stage micro-positioning table is used to move the lens, fiber, or device to allow the coupling efficiency to be optimized. Fibers with a connector on the end make this process much simpler: the connector is simply plugged into a pre-aligned fiber-optic collimator, which contains a lens that is either accurately positioned to the fiber or is adjustable.

To achieve the best injection efficiency into a single-mode fiber, the direction, position, size, and divergence of the beam must all be optimized. With properly polished single-mode fibers, the emitted beam has an almost perfect Gaussian shape—even in the far field—if a good lens is used.

The lens needs to be large enough to support the full numerical aperture of the fiber, and must not introduce aberrations in the beam. Aspheric lenses are typically used. At high optical intensities, above 2 megawatts per square centimeter, when a fiber is subjected to a shock or is otherwise suddenly damaged, a fiber fuse can occur.

The refractive index of fibers varies slightly with the frequency of light, and light sources are not perfectly monochromatic. Modulation of the light source to transmit a signal also slightly widens the frequency band of the transmitted light. This has the effect that, over long distances and at high modulation speeds, the different frequencies of light can take different times to arrive at the receiver, ultimately making the signal impossible to discern, and requiring extra repeaters.

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The gamma radiation causes the optical attenuation to increase considerably during the gamma-ray burst due to the darkening of the material, followed by the fiber itself emitting a bright light flash as it anneals.

How long the annealing takes and the level of the residual attenuation depends on the fiber material and its temperature. The results of such modeling of multi-mode fiber approximately agree with the predictions of geometric optics, if the fiber core is large enough to support more than a few modes.

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Glad to hear that this is not the case! Full tech install. Sit back and relax while the tech is there. Offer to help. If they need or want help they will let you know. Have furniture moved and pets out of the way. What model gateway do you have now? It will affect probably need to be returned by you at a UPS store.

Not taken by the tech. The wiring closet is nearby; I have updated the diagram to show it. The new orange dotted line is the route I would hope to use.

Total length about 35 feet. Depending on how bad the crawlspace in, the tech may do it. If you're willing to run the fiber, that might work. You could hang conduit with a pull string with no more than two 6" radius bends through your crawlspace, and I'm sure that would work.

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