Glossary

Abrasive

Absorption

Acceptance Angle

Acceptance Cone

Adapter

Adapter Sleeve

Add-drop multiplexer (ADM)

Aligned Bundle

All Silica Fibre

Amplitude

Angle of Deviation

Angle of Incidence

Angle of Refraction

Angled Physical Contact (APC)

Angular Misalignment

Aperture

AR Coating

Aramid

Armour

Attenuation

Attenuation Coefficient

Attenuation Constant

Attenuation Limited Operation

Attenuation Limited Power

Attenuation Meter

Attenuator

Axial Propagation Constant

Axis

Back Reflection Optical Return Loss

Back Scattering

Bandwidth

Beam Attenuator

Beam Splitter

Bend Loss

Bend Radius

Bending of Light

Biconic Connector

Bidirectional

Bifurcated Fibre

Birefringence

Boot

Breakout Cable

Buffer

Bundle

Butt Splice

C-Band

Cable

Cable Jacket

Center Wavelength

Cladding

Cladding Diameter

Cladding Mode

Cladding Mode Stripper

Cleave

Coating

Coherence

Coherence Length

Coherent Bundle of Fibres

Collimation

Collimator

Composite Cable

Concentric

Concentricity

Connector

Connector Induced Fibre Loss

Connector Insertion Loss

Connector Receptacle

Connector Return Loss

Connector Variation

Constructive Interference

Core

Core Area

Core Diameter

Core Eccentricity

Coupled Modes

Coupler

Coupling

Coupling Efficiency

Coupling Loss

Crimp Die

Crimp Sleeve

Crimp Tool

Crimping

Critical Absorption Wavelength

Critical Angle

Cutback Method

Cutoff Mode

Cutoff Wavelength

Dark Fibre

Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM)

Destructive Interference

Diameter Mismatch Loss

Dielectric

Dielectric Coatings

Dielectric Filter

Diffraction

Diffraction Angle

Diffraction Grating

DIN Connector

Directional Coupler

Dispersion

Dispersion Compensation

Dispersion Slope

Distribution Cable

Dominant Mode

Dopant

Double Clad Fibre

Dual Window Fibre

Duplex

Duplex Transmission

E2000 Connector

Eccentricity

Effective Area

Effective Mode Volume

Effective Numerical Aperture

Effective Refractive Index

Electrical to Optical Converter (E/O)

Ellipticity

End Face

End Finish

End Separation Loss

Epoxy Connector

Epoxy Resin

Equilibrium Modal Distribution (EMD)

Erbium

Erbium Doped Fibre Amplifier (EDFA)

Evanescent Wave

Excess loss

Extrinsic Fibre Loss

Fan Out Cable

Fast Axis

FC Connector

Feedthroughs

Ferrule

Fiberscope

Fibre

Fibre Amplifier

Fibre Axis

Fibre Bandwidth

Fibre Buffer

Fibre Bundle

Fibre Cleaving

Fibre Core

Fibre Curl

Fibre Loss

Fibre Optic Assembly

Fibre Optic Cable

Fibre Optics (FO)

FibreBragg Grating (FBG)

Figuring

Flange

Flat Ferrule

Flexible

Flooding Compound

Free Space Optics (FSO)

Frequency

Fresnel Reflection Loss

Front Mounted

Full Duplex

Fundamental Mode

Fused Coupler

Fusion Splice

Fusion Splicer

Gap Loss

Gap Loss Attenuator

Graded Index Fibre

Graded Index Profile

Group Index

Hard Clad Silica Fibre

Homogeneous Cladding

Hybrid adapter

Hybrid Cable

Hydroxyl Ion Absorption

Incident Angle

Incoherent Bundle

Index Dip

Index Matching Material

Index of Refraction

Index Profile

Infrared (IR)

Insert Retention

Insertion Loss

Intensity Modulation (IM)

Interference

Interference Filter

Interferometer

Jacket

Jumper Cable

Kevlar®

Keyway

L-Band

Lateral Displacement Loss

LC Connector

Leaky Mode

Loose Buffer

Loss

Loss Budget

Macrobending

Mandrel Wrapping

Mate

Material Dispersion

Mechanical Splice

Microbending

Minimum Bend Radius

Misalignment Loss

Modal Dispersion

Multi Mode Fibre

Numerical Aperture (NA)

Optical Bandpass

Optical Fibre

Optical Return Loss (ORL)

Panda Fibre

Patch Panel

Polishing

Profile Dispersion

Polarisation Maintaining Fibre

Quick Disconnect

Refractive Index

Refraction angle

SC connector

Simplex

Single Mode Fibre

SMA Connector

ST Connector

Tight Buffer

Ultra Physical Contact (UPC)

Variable Optical Attenuator (VOA)

Zero Dispersion Wavelength

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