Specialty Optical Fibers Play an Increasingly Important Role

Specialty Optical Fibers Play an Increasingly Important Role

Specialty optical fibers are designed to be application specific, and can condition and amplify light in a way that traditional telecom optical fiber can’t, providing a necessary service so that networks can offer faster and more reliable connections. Read the full...
AFL Receives Three Patents Over Past Quarter

AFL Receives Three Patents Over Past Quarter

AFL, an international manufacturer of fiber optic cable, equipment and accessories, was awarded three new patents over the past quarter for technology and developments in fusion splicing, test equipment and optical connectivity. Read the full article at:...
Networks on Multimode Fiber: A Reference Guide

Networks on Multimode Fiber: A Reference Guide

Fiber manufacturers have been actively updating multimode fiber to meet the needs of high-speed networks by engineering new graded index multimode fibers with much greater bandwidth. Below is a list of multimode fiber types and their bandwidth. This article is...