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A C T o m O m u I n N i c a F t T i o n I s B R S p e E O c i ? a l t R i D e s , I n O U c . E d P C u c a t T T i o n G I I u C O i d e S N TABLE OF CONTENTS A Brief Introduction 2 Advantages of Fiber Optic Systems 3 Optical Transmitters 5 The Optical Fiber 8 Launching the Light 8 Types of Optical Fiber 9 Losses in Optical Fiber 10 Optical Fiber Bandwidth 11 Fiber Optic Cable Construction12 Other Types of Fibers 12 Optical Connectors 13 Optical Splices 14 Optical Receivers15 Designing a Fiber Optic System 18 System Design Check List 19 Contact Information20 Communications Specialties, Inc. 1 A BRIEF INTRODUCTION ur current “age of technology” is the result of many brilliant in- ventions and discoveries, but it is our ability to transmit information, and the O media we use to do it, that is perhaps most responsible for its evolution. Progress- ing from the copper wire of a century ago to today’s fiber optic cable, our increas- ing ability to transmit more information, more quickly and over