As data rates in optical networks increase, designers need to pay increasing attention to peculiarities in the fiber-optic medium.One of the most important of these peculiarities is dispersion, ...

The relentless demand for higher bandwidth and lower latency in global telecommunications continues to drive innovation in fibre optic systems. Dispersion, the phenomenon where different wavelengths ...

Fiber Bragg Grating technology bests conventional dispersion compensation fiber in terms of attenuation and bandwidth in the new 40- and 100-Gbit/s optical networks. The pursuit of faster and more ...

The information age demands fat pipes. But making fat pipes is not always as easy as it sounds. Consider our current generation of fiber optic communications. Compared to microwave systems, where ...

An optical network is a communication system that uses light signals, instead of electronic ones, to send information between two or more points. The points could be computers in an office, large ...

Lasers that transmit data on optical fibers do not produce monochromatic light. Instead, they provide a narrow spectrum that includes many wavelengths. The physical characteristics of optical fibers ...