Deciphering the OM Fiber Designation
Steve Harris – OM5 leverages four short wavelength division multiplexing (SWDM) channels of 25 Gbps each to achieve higher 100 Gbps, 200 Gbps and 400 Gbps transmissions over MMF.
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The Digital HFC — A Path to 10G
By Steven Harris — Seasoned telecommunication professionals are well aware of the improvements digital video offered over analog video in the network. Operators leveraged Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) digital video and RF quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM).
Read MoreA Certified Fiber Optics Workforce 2020
By Steven Harris — Our networks are evolving to meet the ever-increasing thirst for bandwidth, whether that is with DOCSIS, fiber deep (FD), or passive optical network (PON) technology.
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Inventing the (Fiber Optic) Future
The Inside Story About the Dawning of the Fiber Optic Era, from Pioneering Inventor Peter Schultz – Before 1972, the southern New York company Corning was known mainly for making TV picture tubes and for the iconic cookware bearing its name. But behind the scenes, the work of a small group of scientists was about to dramatically change the company’s legacy while
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