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CHAPTER 13 OPTICAL FIBER TRANSMISSION MEDIA

# DEFINITIONS TERMS

Optical communications
1) Uses light as a carrier of information.
system

Electronic communications system is directly Information-carrying

2)
proportional to bandwidth. capacity

Bandwidth of an analog communications system as

3) bandwidth utilization ratio
a percentage of its carrier frequency.

Device constructed from mirrors and selenium

4) detectors that transmitted sound waves over a beam Photophone
of light.

5) Experimented with an apparatus called photophone. Alexander Graham Bell

6) Used extensively in medical field. Flexible fiberscope

Laser (light amplification

7) Invented in 1960.
by stimulated emission of
radiation)

1. wider bandwidth and

greater information
capacity
2.immunity to crosstalk
3. immunity to statistic
interference
8) Advantages of Optical Fiber cables. 4. environmental
immunity
5. safety and
convenience
6. lower transmission loss
7. security
8. durability and reliability
9. economics
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1. interfacing cost

2. strength

3. remote electrical
power
9) Disadvantages of Optical Fiber cables.
4. optical fiber cables are
more susceptible to losses
introduced by bending
the cable

5. specialized tools,
equipment, and training

Reduces the possibility of the occurrence of a

10) Stress corrosion
detrimental phenomenon.

12) Protective coating. Buffer jacket

Increases the tensile strength of the over all cable

14) Strength member
assembly.

Process of decaying from one energy level to Spontaneous decay or

15)
another energy level. spontaneous emission

Science of measuring only light waves that are visible

16) Photometry
to human eye.

Measures the rate at which electromagnetic waves

17) Optical power
transfer light energy.

18) Spectral separation of white light. Prismatic refraction

Simply the ratio of velocity of propagation of a light

19) Refractive index
ray in free space to the velocity of propagation of a
light ray in a given material.

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Angle at which the propagating ray strikes the

20) Angle of incidence
interface with respect to the normal.

Angle formed between the propagating ray and the

21) normal after the ray has entered the second Angle of refraction
medium.

Closely related to acceptance angle and is the

22) figure of merit commonly used to measure the Numerical aperture
magnitude of the acceptance angle.

23) Simply means path. Mode

24) More than one path. Multimode

Probably the most important characteristic of the

26) Power loss
cable.

1. ultra violet absorption

Three factors that contribute to the absorption losses 2. infrared absorption

27)
in optical fibers:
3. ion resonance
absorption

28) Caused mainly by small bends and kinks in the fiber. Radiation losses

Caused by excessive pressure and tension and

29) generally occur when fibers are bent during handling Contants-radius bends
or installation.

Caused by the difference in the propagation times of

30) Modal dispersion
light rays that take different path down a fiber.

A p-n junction made from two different mixtures of

32) Mojunction structure
the same types of atom.

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Generally constructed of silicon-doped gallium-

33) Epitaxially grown
arsenide.

Homojunction LED’s output approximately 500 µ at a

34) Planar diffused
wavelength of 900 nm.

1. increase in current
density generates a more
brilliant light spot.

2. smaller emitting area

makes it easier to couple
Advantages of heterojunction devices over
its emitted light into a
homojunction devices;
fiber.

3. small effective area

has a smaller
capacitance, which
allows the planar
heterojunction LED to be
used at a higher speed.

Depletion-layer photo diode and is probably the

36) most common device used as a light detector in fiber PIN diode
optic communications system.

1. responsivity

2. dark currents

37) Characteristic of a light detector. 3. transit time

4. spectral response

5. light sensitivity

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