Wikipedia:Federal Standard 1037C terms/fiber optic terms
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.
See also list of optical topics.
A
aramid yarn --
armor --
B
bound mode --
braid --
break out --
buffer --
bundle --
C
cable --
cable cutoff wavelength (cc) --
cladding --
cleave --
core --
core area --
cutoff mode --
D
deeply depressed cladding fiber --
dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) --
differential quantum efficiency --
dopant --
differntial phase shift keying -- (DPSK)
duplex cable --
E
end finish --
equilibrium mode distribution (EMD) --
F
fiber optics (FO) --
first window --
G
gap loss --
gel --
glass --
group delay --
group index --
guided ray --
H
hybrid cable --
hybrid mode --
I
inclusion --
index dip --
intensity modulation (IM) --
J
joint --
K
L
launch angle --
launch numerical aperture (LNA) --
lay length --
leaky mode --
leaky ray --
M
macrobend --
material dispersion coefficient [M()] --
microbend --
modal loss --
modal noise --
mode --
mode field diameter (MFD) --
mode volume --
N
numerical aperture (NA ) --
O
OFC --
OFN --
OFNP --
OFNR --
ovality --
overfill --
P
PCS fiber --
phase term --
pigtail --
polarization-maintaining optical fiber (PM) --
profile parameter (g ) --
Q
R
refractive index (n, ) --
ribbon cable --
rip cord --
S
silica --
skew ray --
soliton --
SONET --
splice loss --
star coupler --
surface wave --
T
tap --
T-coupler --
terminus --
thin-film optical waveguide --
third window --
transmitter central wavelength range (max- min) --
transverse electric and magnetic mode (TEM) --
transverse electric mode (TE) --
transverse magnetic mode (TM) --
U
V
vertex angle --
W
waveguide --
window --
X
Y
Z
zip-cord --