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Published 6.25.15 in the New York Times: An Advance May Double the Capabilities of Fiber Optics by John Markoff
Researchers have announced an advance that could double the capacity of fiber-optic circuits, potentially opening the way for networks to carry more...
The processes involved in Termination play a CRITICAL role in determining the long-term reliability of the product, and more importantly, errors made in the Termination processes often cannot be detected by subsequent production-line tests / measurements! Even though...
Welcome to the first blog post on Polymers from FOC. If you begin following me on Twitter, you will read many insights on FOC’s different specialty products that I manage. I titled this first blog “everything you ever wanted to know in...
Most of our customers know the pain when it comes to switching suppliers or changing specification on connectors. The market keeps us sharply informed about new connector versions with attractive pricing while we do not always know the impact of switching from...
Optical fiber is used for many applications in almost every industry. The most common application is within cabled structures that are used for transmission of light or data. Many of us know that fibers are used for the internet communication network but optical fibers...
Many thousands, likely hundreds of thousands, of people are employed in the fiber optics industry in various positions and working with components, networks, cabling, construction and splicing equipment and all the business aspects of all of that. However, only a very...
OKP has been my introduction to working with a foreign supplier. We stock this moldable plastic at Fiber Optic Center to make it readily available to users in North America. Should be easy, right?
With all the talk these days about quick delivery service,...
A lapping film must have the highest lot-to-lot consistency. When you establish your process there are many factors to control and the film might rank at the top. Others include, but aren’t limited to the quality of your polishing machine, its fixturing and
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This issue has been asked of me many times by numerous experienced and new start-up assembly operations of fiber optic connector assemblies. The questions of: “How much is enough”? and “How do I know that I have the right amount of epoxy in the connector”?...
