How To Talk Fiber Optics - The Language of Fiber Optics

Learn how to “talk fiber optics.“ Learn the language used in fiber optic technology. Also, get an overview of the technology. Total link bitrate may be limited by electronics, but fiber may be the bandwidth limit. In MMF the length of a link is determined by fiber bandwidth, different for different types of fiber - OM1/2/3/4/5 - no matter what the electronics for typical speeds > 1Gb/s. For SMF long networks are also bandwidth limited, the reason fiber characterization is so widely used.