文档介绍：Fiber Optic
Technical Training Manual
Acknowledgements
As with any manual that passes a variety of subject matter, many individuals contributed
to it. My thanks to the members of the Agilent Fiber-munications Division Product
Marketing and Applications Engineering Departments who spent many hours
reviewing the material for technical correctness.
--Ed.
Contents
Introduction.......................................................................... v
Fiber-Optic Technology....................................................... 1
Networking Technology .................................................... 19
LAN Standards................................................................... 25
Optical Transmission and Types of Fiber ......................... 43
How to Use the Fiber Optic Section of the Catalog.......... 47
Glossary ............................................................................. 49
Introduction
e to the FIBER-OPTIC TECHNICAL noise of the first transistor in the PIN-photodiode
TRAINING MANUAL. This manual is intended for preamplifier or noise on the power-supply line of
readers with knowledge of electronics but either the host digital system, can change or corrupt the
little or no experience with fiber optics. stream of data bits. The number of these cor-
rupted bits divided by the total number of re-
The manual is divided into six sections: ceived bits within an arbitrary time period is the
- Fiber Optic Technology, bit error rate (BER). The lower the BER value,
- Networking Technology, the fewer the number of errors in the transmis-
- LAN Standards, sion.
- Types of Fiber and Optical Transmission,
- How to Use the Fiber Optic Section
of the Catalog, The bit-error ratio is usually given by a number such
- Glossary (of fiber-optic and related terms). as 10-6. This means that on average, one error occurs
for every million pulses sent. Typical error ratios for
How to use the Manual optical fiber systems ran