Wikipedia:Federal Standard 1037C terms/fiber optic terms
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This is a list of fiber optic terms derived from the Glossary of Telecommunication Terms published as Federal Standard 1037C. Please see the Federal Standard article for copyright-related issues, as not all parts of the source document are in the public domain.
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[edit] A
aligned bundle --
aramid yarn --
armor --
axial propagation constant --
[edit] B
bandwidth-distance product --
bound mode --
braid --
break out --
buffer --
bundle --
[edit] C
cable --
cable cutoff wavelength (cc) --
cladding --
cladding diameter --
cladding mode stripper --
cleave --
core --
core area --
coupled modes --
coupling efficiency --
cutoff mode --
[edit] D
deeply depressed cladding fiber --
dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) --
differential quantum efficiency --
dispersion-unshifted fiber --
dopant --
differntial phase shift keying -- (DPSK)
duplex cable --
[edit] E
end finish --
equilibrium mode distribution (EMD) --
equilibrium mode simulator --
evanescent mode --
extrinsic joint loss --
[edit] F
fiber optic link --
fiber optics (FO) --
first window --
flooding compound --
fusion splice --
[edit] G
gap loss --
gap-loss attenuator --
gel --
glass --
group delay --
group index --
guided ray --
[edit] H
homogeneous cladding --
hybrid cable --
hybrid mode --
[edit] I
inclusion --
index dip --
intensity modulation (IM) --
intramodal distortion --
intrinsic joint loss --
[edit] J
joint --
[edit] K
[edit] L
lateral offset loss --
launch angle --
launching fiber --
launch numerical aperture (LNA) --
lay length --
leaky mode --
leaky ray --
long wavelength --
[edit] M
macrobend --
macrobend loss --
material dispersion coefficient [M()] --
microbend --
minimum-dispersion window --
minimum-loss window --
modal loss --
modal noise --
mode --
mode coupling --
mode field diameter (MFD) --
mode volume --
multifiber cable --
multifiber joint --
[edit] N
near-field scanning --
nonlinear scattering --
numerical aperture loss --
numerical aperture (NA ) --
[edit] O
OFC --
OFN --
OFNP --
OFNR --
open waveguide --
optical connector --
optical damage threshold --
optical junction --
ovality --
overfill --
[edit] P
parabolic profile --
PCS fiber --
phase term --
pigtail --
polarization-maintaining optical fiber (PM) --
precision-sleeve splicing --
primary coating --
profile parameter (g ) --
[edit] Q
[edit] R
radiation-hardened fiber --
refractive index (n, ) --
ribbon cable --
rip cord --
[edit] S
scattering center --
second window --
short wavelength --
silica --
skew ray --
soliton --
SONET --
spectral loss curve --
splice loss --
splice organizer --
star coupler --
strength member --
surface wave --
[edit] T
tap --
tapered fiber --
T-coupler --
terminus --
thin-film optical waveguide --
third window --
tolerance field --
transmitter central wavelength range (max- min) --
transverse electric and magnetic mode (TEM) --
transverse electric mode (TE) --
transverse magnetic mode (TM) --
[edit] U
unlit fiber (see dark fiber)
[edit] V
vertex angle --
[edit] W
waveguide --
window --
[edit] X
[edit] Y
[edit] Z
zip-cord --
