A fiber optic cable is a type of cable that consists of a center glass core surrounded by several layers of protective material. The outer insulating jacket is made up of PVC or Teflon so that it can prevent the interference. Besides that, it transmits light rather than electronic signals therefore it can eliminate the problem of electrical interference to achieve a high efficiency of data transmission. Furthermore, it also immune to the effects of moisture and lighting. No doubt it is more expensive than copper like other type of network cables but it also offers a better specifications than other cables such as high bandwidth and cover a longer distances.
A fiber optic cable is a type of cable that consists of a center glass core surrounded by several layers of protective material. The outer insulating jacket is made up of PVC or Teflon so that it can prevent the interference. Besides that, it transmits light rather than electronic signals therefore it can eliminate the problem of electrical interference to achieve a high efficiency of data transmission. Furthermore, it also immune to the effects of moisture and lighting. No doubt it is more expensive than copper like other type of network cables but it also offers a better specifications than other cables such as high bandwidth and cover a longer distances.
There are two types of fiber optic cables :
Comparison Between Single mode fiber optic cable and Multimode fiber optic cable
- Single mode fiber optic
- Multimode fiber optic
Comparison Between Single mode fiber optic cable and Multimode fiber optic cable
Single Mode Fiber Optic Cable Multimode Fiber Optic Cable
- Core radius is small. - Core radius is large.
- Supports one mode of propogation. - Supports hundred of modes propogation.
- Optical source is Laser. - Optical source is LED.
- The launching of optical power into the - The launching of optical power into fiber is difficult as the core radius is small. fiber is easier as the core radius is large.
- Supports larger bandwidth. - Supports smaller bandwidth.
- Intermodal dispersion is absent. - The fiber suffer from Intermodal dispersion, therefore loss of signal.
- Cheaper - Expensive
- Used for long distance communication. - Used for short distance communication.
- Core radius is small. - Core radius is large.
- Supports one mode of propogation. - Supports hundred of modes propogation.
- Optical source is Laser. - Optical source is LED.
- The launching of optical power into the - The launching of optical power into fiber is difficult as the core radius is small. fiber is easier as the core radius is large.
- Supports larger bandwidth. - Supports smaller bandwidth.
- Intermodal dispersion is absent. - The fiber suffer from Intermodal dispersion, therefore loss of signal.
- Cheaper - Expensive
- Used for long distance communication. - Used for short distance communication.
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