Roles and benefits of fiber optic communication systems

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Roles and Benefits of Fiber Optic Communication Systems Fiber optic communication or simply optical fiber communication refers to a method associated with transmission of information in between different places by sending of light pulses with the help of an optical fiber cable. Here, the light performs its function as the carrier of electromagnetic wave modulated to carry necessary information. Fiber cables have played their biggest possible roles during the Information Age. Since, this type of cable has relatively higher advantages over the transfer of information electrically; they have drastically replaced traditional copper wire communications associated with core networks within the development world. Currently, large numbers of telecommunication companies are using optical fiber to allow transmission of telephonic signals, online communication and signals of cable TV. This fact has also compelled reputable engineering college of Jabalpur to offer regular course in this subject. Communication process associated with fiber optics will involve few basic steps, as creation of optical signals with the help of a transmitter and relaying of any signal combining with the fiber. In addition, optic cables assure that none of the signal becomes too much weak or distorted during its reception process and at the same time, perform conversion of optic signal into an electrical signal. Until now, the fiber-optic communication process has offered significant benefits in telecommunication and in other industries. Prime benefits of the system, as revealed from the textbooks referred by engineering in Shri Ram Institute of Technology and other reputable colleges are Huge Data Transmission Capacity One of the major benefits associated with the fiber-optic transmission is that it incorporates huge capacity to transmit data. This implies that a single silica fiber is capable to carry about hundreds of thousands of telephonic channels with the help of only a small part of the entire theoretical capacity. During the last 30 years period, progress associated with the transmission capabilities of various fiber links enhanced in a significantly fast speed in the form of progress associated with storage capacity of personal computers. Relatively Small Loss in Propagation of Light Losses taken place during the propagation of light in an optical fiber are relatively small i.e. of about 0.2 dB per kilometer for modernized types of single mode silicon fiber. In this manner, professionals involved in performing telecommunication projects can bridge many tons of kilometers even without any requirement of signal amplification. Immune to Issues Optical fiber cables always remain immune towards different types of problems, which would likely arise from different types of traditional electrical cables, like EMI or Electromagnetic Interference and ground loops.


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