Since optical fiber has the characteristic that 'light reflects inside as it travels,' even the slightest misalignment is not permitted when connecting optical fibers. For this reason, a fusion ...

There are two different ways to join two optical fibers: fiber splice or fiber optical connector. Fiber splices are permanent joints, while fiber optical connectors allow the two fibers to be ...

In a previous Broadcast Engineering article (“Understanding blocking capacitor effects,” August 2011), I mentioned that one of the first tasks in my broadcast engineer career was to work on optical-to ...