On-site termination of an MPO/MTP® connector with 12, 24 or even up to 72 fibers is obviously no longer possible. In other words, if you use MPO connectors you also have to use trunk cables (Figure 11) delivered already cut to length and terminated. This approach requires greater care in planning but has a number […]
In terms of physical properties, the difference between these two fiber types is the diameter of the core—the light-carrying region of the fiber. In 62.5/125 fiber, the core has a diameter of 62.5 microns and the cladding diameter is 125 microns. For 50/125, the core has a diameter of 50 microns with the same cladding […]
There are three strong reasons for the broad acceptance and rapid growth of twisted pair as the horizontal medium: low initial cost, the ability to deliver higher data rate LAN services and the flexibility to use one medium for all services. As speeds increase, copper-based LANs will require more complex and expensive electronics. Although, fiber’s […]
Sales of 10-, 40-, and 100-Gbps optical transceivers for datacom applications grew 14% year over year in the first half of 2015, says IHS (NYSE: IHS). Growing interest in 40G QSFP and 100G CFP/CFP2 helped spur datacom optical module sales to $752 million in that timeframe, according to the most recent “IHS Infonetics 10G/40G/100G Data […]
ACG Research expects the global market for optical data center interconnect (DCI) technology will increase from just over $1.1 billion in 2014 to $4.7 billion in 2019, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 44.9%. “Uptake of optical DCI is being driven by the migration of services to data centers and the cloud as service […]
