5. Glossary
POF; Plastic Optical Fiber
Plastic optical fiber used in datacommunications or for consumer applications.
OM-x; Multimode Optical Fiber – generation x
Multimode optical fibers are classified/defined according to their generation. For each generation, a performance range is defined. A generation 3 optical fiber (OM-3) is defined by its core diameter, numerical aperture, linear bandwidth and attenuation.
Ouverture numérique; numerical apperture
The numerical aperture of a fiber corresponds to the arcsine of the angle formed by the divergence or acceptance cone of an optical fiber.
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Bibliography
Websites
Internet database on developments in plastic optical fibers http://www.kdpof.com/
IEEE Organization http://www.ieee.org/
Fiber optic manufacturers' websites :
Events
OFC – Optical Fiber Conference http://www.ofcconference.org/en-us/home/
Photonics West – SPIE Optical fibre conference http://spie.org/photonics-west.xml
Avionics Fiber Optics Conference – IEEE Photonics Society...
Standards and norms
- Ethernet Working Group – Glass and Plastic Optical Fiber - IEEE 802.3 -
- Acoustique : méthode de calcul du niveau d'isotonie - ISO 532 1975 - 1975
- Tuiles en terre cuite pour pose en discontinu. Détermination des caractéristiques physiques. Partie 1 : essai d'imperméabilité - NF EN 539-1 AFNOR - 1994
Patents
Dispersion-shifted optical fiber with positive dispersion at 1550 nm – EP 0992818 B1
Directory
Manufacturers – Suppliers – Distributors (non-exhaustive list)
Alcatel Optronics Alcatel optoelectronics division http://www.alcatel.com
Nexans, formerly Alcatel Cable: French manufacturer of electrical and optical cables http://www.nexans.com
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