Various types of Fiber Optical Cable

Optical fiber cable has the ability to send a light impulse along distances of glass or plastic fiber, which continues to reflect the light through the wire, which is insulated by layers of coating that may vary depending on the brand.

This allows information to be carried from one point to another at a rate of speed that trumps copper. It then is only a matter of using the right cable for the job.
Types Optical fiber comes in three different types: single mode, multi-mode and plastic. While there are variants in the coatings and different brands, they do not change the major uses or differences in costs of these fibers. Multi-mode cable is usually slightly bigger in diameter than single mode cable. Most are somewhere between 50-100 microns. Like single mode cable, it often uses two strands of fiber.Plastic cable is a newer form of the cable that is around five times the diameter of multi-mode cable and uses plastic in the place. As its name implies, plastic cable uses plastic in place of glass.

June 20, 2011

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