July 18, 2011

The advantage of fiber optic

Fiber optic cable is a cable network that can transmit light. Compared with other types of cable, this cable is more expensive. However, the advantages of fiber optics are numerous; including optical fiber has a more distant range from 550 meters up to hundreds of kilometres, resistant to electromagnetic interference and can transmit data at higher speeds than other cable types.

Fiber optic cables do not carry electrical signals, such as other cables using copper wires. Instead, the signals that represent bits are converted to the form of light. Fiber optic cable consists of two types, known as single mode and multi mode. Single mode cable can reach a longer distance and only send one signal at a time. Multimode cable sends a different signal at the same time, transmit data at different refraction angles at the same time, and transmit data at different refraction shrinkage. Single mode cable to reach hundreds of kilometres while multimode cable is usually only reaches 550 meters or less. Fiber optic cable connector consists of two types of ST connector model of ring shaped and square shaped SC connectors. Use this cable to be adjusted to the type of device you are using because they may be different.