Glossary
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Abrasive
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Absorption
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Acceptance Angle
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Acceptance Angle
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Active Device
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Adapter
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Adapter Plates
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Adapter Sleeve
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Add-drop multiplexer (ADM)
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Aerial
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All-Dieletric Cable
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All-Silica Fiber
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Amplified Spontaneous Emission (ASE)
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Amplifier
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Analog
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Angled Physical Contact (APC)
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Angle of Incidence
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Angular Misalignment
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Antireflection coating
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APC – Angled Physical Contact
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Armor
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Armored (fiber optic cables)
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Arrayed Waveguide Grating (AWG)
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Attenuation
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Attenuation Meter
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Attenuator
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Audio/Video
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Avalanche Photodiode (APD)
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Average Power
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Backreflection (BR)
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Backscattering
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Bandwidth
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Bandwidth-limited Operation
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Baseband
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Beamsplitter
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Bending Loss
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Bend Radius
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Biconic Connector
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Bidirectional
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Birefringent
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BNC Connectors
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BPON
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Bragg Grating
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Bragg Scattering
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Breakout Cable
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Break Out
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Broadband
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Buffer
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Buffered cables
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Buffer Tubes
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Bulkhead Connectors
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Bulk Cables
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Bulk Wires
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Bundle of Fibers
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Burial (fiber optic cables)
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Burn-In
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Butt Splice
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Cable
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Cable Assemblies
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Cable Assembly
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Cable Management
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Cable Plant
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Cable Raceway
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Cable Strippers
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Cable Testers
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Cat5E
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Cat6
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Center Wavelength
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Central Memeber
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Central Office
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Channel
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Channel Spacing
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Chirp
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Chromatic Dispersion
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Circulator
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Cladding
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Cladding Mode
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Cleave
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Coarse Wavelength-Division Multiplexing (CWDM)
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Coating
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Coaxial
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Coaxial Connectors
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Coaxial Crimp Tools
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Coherence Length
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Coherent Bundle of Fibers
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Coherent Communications
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Collimation
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Collimator
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Communication Cables
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Composite Cable
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Concatenation
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Concentricity
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Connector
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Connector Variation
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Constructive Interference
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Continuous Wave (CW)
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Core
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Core (fiber optic)
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Coupled Modes
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Coupler
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Coupling
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Coupling Efficiency
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Crimpers
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Crimping Tools
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Crimp Connectors
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Crimp Terminals
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Crimp Tools
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Crimp Tool Kits
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Critical Angle
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Crosstalk (XT)
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Cross-connect
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Cutback Technique
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Cutoff Mode
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Cutoff Wavelength
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Cut-Back Measurements
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Cycles per Second
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C-Band
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Dark Current
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Dark Fiber
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Data Rate
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dBm
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dBµ
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Decibel (dB)
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Delay Line
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Demultiplexer
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Dense Wavelength-Division Multiplexing (DWDM)
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Destructive Interference
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Detector
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Diameter-mismatch Loss
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Dielectric Filter
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Diffraction Grating
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Diode
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Diode Laser
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Diplexer
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Directional Coupler
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Dispersion
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Dispersion Compensation
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Dispersion Management
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Dispersion Penalty
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Dispersion Slope
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Dispersion-compensating Fiber (DCF)
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Dispersion-compensating Module (DCM)
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Dispersion-Shifted Fiber (DSF)
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Distributed Bragg Reflection
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Distributed Feedback Laser (DFB Laser)
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Distribution System
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Dominant Mode
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Dopant
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Double-window Fiber (Dual Window Fiber)
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Doubly Clad Fiber
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Drawing Tower
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Drop
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Dual in-line package (DIP)
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Duplex
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Duplex Cable
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Duplex Transmission
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Duplex (fiber optic patch cord)
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DVI
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Edge-Emitting Diode (ELED)
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Edge-Emitting Laser (EEL)
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Effective Area
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Electrical-to-optical converter (E/O)
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Electromagnetic Radiation
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Electro-Absorption Modulator
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Ellipticity
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Enclosure
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Endoscope
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End Face
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End finish
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Equilibrium Mode Distribution (EMD)
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Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifier (EDFA)
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Ethernet
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Ethernet Cables
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Evanescent Wave
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Excess Loss
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External Modulation
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Extinction Ratio
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Extrinsic Loss
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E2000 Connector
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Fabry Perot Laser
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Fabry-Perot (FP)
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Fall Time
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Fan-Out
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Faraday Effect
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Fast Axis
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FC Connector
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FC/PC
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Ferrule
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Ferrule
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Fiberscope
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Fiber Amplifier
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Fiber Bandwidth
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Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG)
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Fiber Fuse
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Fiber Grating
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Fiber Identifier
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Fiber Optic Adapters
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Fiber Optic Attenuator
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Fiber Optic Cable
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Fiber Optic Cables
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Fiber Optic Communication System
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Fiber Optic Connectors
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Fiber Optic Link
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Fiber Optic Modems
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Fiber Optic Ribbon
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Fiber Optic Sensor
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Fiber Optic Span
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Fiber Optic Splicing Kits
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Fiber Optic Subsystem
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Fiber Optic Termination Kits
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Fiber Optic Test Procedure (FOTP)
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Fiber to the Building (FTTB)
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Fiber to the Curb (FTTC)
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Fiber to the desk (FTTD)
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Fiber to the Home (FTTH)
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Fiber to the Premises (FTTP)
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Fiber to the x (FTTx)
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Fiber Tracer
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Fiber Trunk Cables
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Fiber under test (FUT)
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Fiber (optical fiber)
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Fiber-in-the-loop (FITL)
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Fiber-Optic Gyroscope
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Fibre Channel
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Filled Cable
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Filter
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Firewire
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Flooding Compound
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Fluoride Glasses
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Four Wave Mixing (FWM)
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Free-Space Optics (FSO)
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Frequency
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Frequency Modulation (FM)
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Frequency-Division Multiplexing (FDM)
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Frequency-shift Keying (FSK)
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Fresnel Reflection Loss
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Full Duplex
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Full width half maximum (FWHM)
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Fundamental Mode
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Furcation Tubing
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Fused Coupler
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Fused Fibers
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Fusion Splice
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Gallium Aluminum Arsenide (GaAlAs)
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Gallium Arsenide (GaAs)
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Gap Loss
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Gap Loss Attenuator
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Gaussian Beam
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Gbit/s
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Ge
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Gel
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GHz
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Gigabit Ethernet (GBE)
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Gigabit Interface Converter (GBIC)
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Graded-Index Fiber
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Graded-Index Fiber Lens
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Gradient index (GRIN)
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Group Delay
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Group Delay Time
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Group Index
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Group Velocity
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Half-Duplex
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Hard-Clad Silica Fiber
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HDMI
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HDMI Extenders
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HDMI Splitters
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High Loss Fiber
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Hockey Puck
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Hybrid Cable
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Hybrid Composite Cables
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Hybrid Fiber Coaxial Network (HFC Network)
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Hybrid Fiber/Coax (HFC)
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Hydrogen Losses
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Index Matching Material
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Index of Refraction
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Index Profile
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Index-Matching Gel (Index-Matching Fluid)
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Indium Gallium Arsenide Phosphide (InGaAsP)
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Indium Gallium Arsenide (InGaAs)
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Indium Phosphide (InP)
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Infrared Emitting Diodes (IREDs)
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Infrared Fiber
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Infrared (IR)
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Insertion Loss
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Inside Plant
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Integrated Detector/Preamplifier (IDP)
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Integrated Optics
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Intensity
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Intensity Modulation (IM)
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Interchannel Isolation
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Interference
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Interference Filter
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Interferometer
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Interleaver
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Intermodulation (Mixing)
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International Standards Organization (ISO)
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International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
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Internet service provider (ISP)
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Intrinsic Losses
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In-line Amplifier
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Mach-Zehnder Interferometer
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Macro Cell Towers
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Mandrel Wrapping
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Messenger Cable
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Mil-Spec cables
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Mode Stripper
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Modular Plugs
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Modulator
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Mounting Brackets
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Multimode Optical Fiber
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Multi-Mode Fiber
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MU Connector
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NA Mismatch Loss
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Network Adapters
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Network Bridges
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Network Cables
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Network Cable Testers
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Network Hubs
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Network Interface Cards
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Network Jumper Cables
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Network Patch Cords
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Network Routers
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Network Switches
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Network Tools
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Neutral Density Filter
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Node
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Non Dispersion-Shifted Fiber (NDSF)
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Numerical Aperture (NA)
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Open Systems Interconnection (OSI)
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Optical Fiber Nonconductive General Purpose (OFNG)
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Optical Fiber Nonconductive Plenum (OFNP)
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Optical Fiber Nonconductive Plenum (OFNP)
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Optical Fiber Nonconductive Riser (OFNR)
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Optical Time-domain Reflectometer (OTDR)
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Opto-electronic integrated circuit (OEIC)
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Panel Mount Connectors
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Passband
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Passive Branching Device
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Patch Cables
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Patch Cable Kits
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Patch Cords
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Patch Panels
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Photodetector
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Plastic Clad Silica (PCS Fiber)
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Plenum Cable
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Polarization Maintaining fiber
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Polish Fiber Optic Connector
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Power over Ethernet
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Power over Ethernet (PoE)
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Rackmount
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Radiation-hardened Fiber
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Raman Amplifier
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Rare Earth Doped Fiber
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Remote Radio Head (RRH) or Remote Radio Unit (RRU)
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Repeater
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Return Loss
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Ring
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RJ45 Connectors
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RJ45 Crimp Tools
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RJ45 Jacks
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RJ45 Plugs
RJ45 plugs are used to connect cables to devices such...
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SATA Cables
SATA cables are cables used to connect hard drives and...
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Satellite Wireless
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Self-phase modulation (SPM)
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Semiconductor Optical Amplifier (SOA)
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SFP Loopback
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SFP Modules
SFP modules, also known as Small Form-factor Pluggable transceivers, are...
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Simplex Fiber Cable
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Single Mode Fiber (SMF)
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Single-Mode Fiber
Single-Mode Fiber is a type of optical fiber that is...
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Single-mode Optical Fiber
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Small Cells
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Soliton
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Splicing Tools
Splicing tools are essential for working with cables. These tools...
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Subscription channel connector (SC Connector)
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SuperCell
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Tap Port
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Telephone Cables
Telephone cables are essential for telephone systems and the transmission...
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Thermoelectric cooler (TEC)
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Thermo-Optic Switches
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Throughput Port
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Tight Buffered Cable
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USB
USB cables are an essential tool used for connecting computers...
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USB Cables
USB cables are essential for connecting various devices to computers...
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USB Extenders
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USB Splitters
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Wall Jacks
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Wall Plates
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Waveguide Coupler
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Wavelength Adapter
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Wavelength Routing Switch (WRS)
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Wavelength Selective Coupler
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Wireless Access Points
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Wireless Communication
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Wire Harness
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Wire Managers
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