What is fibre optic cable?
Basically, fibre optic cable consists of a bundle of glass threads that is capable of broadcasting messages modulated into light waves. Fibre optic mainly focused on telephone systems, cable TV, and Internet applications. It has cladding and core layer that is mainly focused for total internal reflection due to the difference in refractive index between two.
Invention
In the year 1950’s, Indian Physicist Narinder Kapany and British Physicist Harold Hopkins send a simple picture with a light pipe that is made from thousands of glass fibres. Kapany published scientific papers with many times, after that one day he earned the reputation as we all know he is called him as “Father of fibre optics”.
How do fibre optic cables work?
It is made up of 100 or more thin strands of glass or plastic material known as optical fibres. It is less than a human hair thickness, but it carries 10 million telephone calls. Using light based technology this fibre cables carry loads of information between two places.
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Fibre optic cable advantages
- Huge bandwidth
- Distance and speed
- Cost Effective
- Light weight
- Reliability and Immunity
- Safe and secure
- Easy migration
- Simple installation
- Low attenuation
Facts of Fibre Optics
- For exchanging safe and secure digital data, it is the perfect medium to use, because it is based on binary
- Signals will not degrade as quick as using copper wiring
- It only needs lower energy requirements, lesser carbon footprint
- Fewer painful data blockages because fibre looks thinner
- Commercial applications transmit 10-80 Gigabits per second in a single channel
Installation Guidelines
- It can be used in various outdoor and indoor environments. Basic guidelines as follows,
- Before placing cable, site survey is necessary
- Cable puling plan
- Proper procedures is must
- Follow minimum cable bend radius
- Provide recommended loading
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