Glossary

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Absorption
Acceptance angle
Amplification
Analyzer
APC-Connector
Aperture
Attenuation
Attenuation budget
Attenuation coefficient
Attenuation dead zone
Avalanche photodiode
Bandgap
Bandwidth
Bandwidth-length product
Base mode
Bending loss
Bending radius
Bit
Bit error rate
Cable divider
Channel amplification
Channel spacing
Chirp
Chromatic dispersion
Cleaver
Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing (CWDM)
Coating
Coating
Coherence
Coherent source of light
Core coat eccentricity
Core glass
Coupler
Coupling angle
Coupling loss
Crimping
Critical angle
Decibel
Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM)
Diffraction
Dispersion
Dispersion
Dispersion-compensating fiber
Doping
Electromagnetic wave
Er+ fibers
Ethernet
Event dead zone (OTDR measurement)
Excitation conditions
External modulation
Ferrule
Fiber
Fiber amplifier
Fiber Bragg grating
Fiber buffer
Fiber Channel
Fiber ribbon
Fibercurl
Field diameter
Four-wave mixture
Fresnel reflection
Full excitation
Full Width at Half Maximum (FWHT)
Gamma factor
Ghost reflection
Graded-index profile
Group refractive index
Group velocity
Hard Clad Silicon dioxide (HCS)
HOP
HPCS fiber
HRL connector
Immersion
Indoor cable
Infrared radiation
Insertion Loss (IL)
Insertion method
Intensity
Interference
Jacket
Laser
Launch test cable
Law of refraction
Law of refraction
LED
LID
Loose cable
Loose tube
Low Water Peak Faser
Macrobending
Material dispersion
Microbending
Modal dispersion
Mode coupling
Mode field diameter
Mode filter
Mode scrambler
Mode similar distribution
Modes
Modulation
Multi-mode optical waveguide
Multiplexer
Noise
Noise factor
Non – Zero Dispersion Shifted Fiber
Numeric aperture
Optical amplifier
Optical attenuator
Optical axes
Optical communication engineering
Optical conduit
Optical glass
Optical polymer fiber
Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR)
Optical waveguide
Optoelectronic transformer
OSI model
Outdoor cable
Parabolic profile optical waveguide
PC connector
PCF fiber
PCS fiber
Phase refractive index
Phase velocity
Photodiode
Photon
Pigtail
Pigtail
PIN Photodiode
Plastic optical waveguide
Polarization
Polarization mode dispersion
Polarizer
Preform
Primary coating
Quantum efficiency
Quartz glass
Rayleigh dispersion
Receiver
Receiver sensitivity
Recoupling efficiency
Reflection
Reflection loss
Refraction
Refractive index difference
Refractive index profile
Resolving power
Return loss
Ribbon Cable
SAN
Self-phase modulation
Semi-conductor
Signal-noise ratio
Single-mode optical waveguide
Single-mode optical waveguide
Spectral width
Splice
Step-index profile
Stranding
Tight buffer
Time-division multiplexing
Total internal reflection
Transceiver
Transmission
Transmitting Station
Water peak
Wave-division multiplex
Waveguide
Waveguide dispersion
Wavelength
Zero dispersion wavelength