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A/B Switch
A/D or ADC
Absorption
AC
Acceptance Angle
Active Device
Add/Drop Multiplexing
ADM
ADSL
Aerial Plant
AGC
AM
Amplified Spontaneous Emission (ASE)
Amplifier
Analog
Angular Misalignment
ANSI
APC
APD
APL
AR Coating
Armor
ASCII
ASIC
ASTM
Asynchronous
Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
ATE
ATSC
Attenuation
Attenuation-Limited Operation
Attenuator
Avalanche Photodiode (APD)
Average Power
AWG (Arrayed Waveguide Grating)
Axial Propagation Constant
Axis
Back Channel
Backreflection (BR)
Backscattering
Bandwidth
Bandwidth Distance Product
Bandwidth-limited Operation
Baseband
Baud
BB-I
Beamsplitter
Bel (B)
Bend Radius
Bending Loss
BER (Bit Error Rate)
BIDI
Bidirectional
Binary
Birefringent
Bit
Bit Depth
Bit Period (T)
BITE
BNC
Bragg Grating
Broadband
Buffer
Bus Network
Butt Splice
Bypass
Byte
C-Band
Cable
Cable Assembly
Cable Plant
Cable Television
Carrier-to-Noise Ratio (CNR)
CATV
CCIR
CCITT
CCTV
CD
CDMA
Celsius
Center Wavelength
Central Office (CO)
CGA
Channel
Channel Capacity
Channel Coding
Chirp
Chromatic Dispersion
Circulator
Cladding
Cladding Mode
Cleave
cm
CMOS
CMTS
Coarse Wavelength-division Multiplexing (CWDM)
Coating
Coaxial Cable
Coder
Coherent Communications
Color Subcarrier
Composite Second Order (CSO)
Composite Sync
Composite Triple Beat (CTB)
Composite Video
Compression
Concatenation
Concentrator
Concentricity
Connector
Connector Plug
Connector Receptacle
Connector Variation
Constructive Interference
Converter
Core
Counter-Rotating
Coupler
Coupling Ratio/Loss (CR, CL)
Critical Angle
Cross-connect
Cross-gain Modulation (XGM)
Cross-phase Modulation (XPM)
Crosstalk (XT)
CSMA/CD
CTS
Customer Premises Equipment (CPE)
Cutback Method
Cutoff Wavelength
CW
CWDM
D/A or DAC
D1
D2
D3
D5
Dark Current
Data Dependent Jitter
Data Rate
dBc
dBm
DBS
DCD
DCE
DCT
DDJ
Decibel (dB)
Decoder
Demultiplexer
Dense Wavelength-division Multiplexing (DWDM)
Destructive Interference
Detector
Diameter-mismatch Loss
Dichroic Filter
Dielectric
Dielectric
Differential Gain (DG)
Differential Phase (DP)
Diffraction Grating
Digital
Digital Compression
Diode
Diode Laser
DIP
Diplexer
Directional Coupler
Directivity
Discrete-cosine Transform (DCT)
Dispersion
Dispersion Management
Dispersion Penalty
Dispersion-compensating Fiber (DCF)
Dispersion-compensating Module (DCM)
Dispersion-shifted Fiber (DSF)
Distortion
Distortion-limited Operation
Distributed Feedback Laser (DFB)
Distribution System
Dominant Mode
Dopant
Dope
Double-window Fiber
DSL
DSR
DST
dsx
DTE
DTR
DTV
Dual Attachment Concentrator
Dual Attachment Station
Dual Ring (FDDI Dual Ring)
Duplex Cable
Duplex Transmission
Duty Cycle
Duty Cycle Distortion Jitter
DVB-ASI
DWDM
E/O
ECL
EDFA
Edge-emitting Diode
Effective Area
EGA
EIA
Electromagnetic Interference
Electromagnetic Pulse
Electromagnetic Radiation
Electromagnetic Spectrum
ELED
Ellipticity
EM
EMI
EMP
EMR
Endoscope
Equilibrium Mode Distribution
Erbium-doped Fiber Amplifier
Error Correction
Error Detection
ESCON
Ethernet
Evanescent Wave
Excess Loss
External Modulation
Extinction Ratio
Eye Pattern
Fabry Perot
Fahrenheit
Failure Rate
Fall Time
FAR
Far-End Crosstalk
Faraday Effect
FBG
FC/PC
FCC
FCS
FDA
FDDI
FDM
FDM
FEC
Feeder
Ferrule
FET
Fiber Fuse
Fiber Grating
Fiber Optic Attenuator
Fiber Optic Cable
Fiber Optic Communication System
Fiber Optic Link
Fiber Optic Span
Fiber Optic Subsystem
Fiber-in-the-loop (FITL)
Fiber-to-the-Curb (FTTC)
Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH)
Fibre Channel
Filter
FIT Rate
Fluoride Glasses
FM
Forward Error Correcting (FEC)
FOTP (Fiber Optic Test Procedure
Four Wave Mixing (FWM)
FP
Free-Space Optics
Frequency Modulation
Frequency Stacking
Frequency-division Multiplexing (FDM)
Frequency-shift Keying (FSK)
Fresnel Reflection Loss
FSAN
FTTC
FTTH
Full-duplex Transmission
Fused Coupler
Fused Fiber
Fusion Splicer
FUT
FWHM
GaAlAs
GaAs
Gain
GaInAsP
Gap Loss
Gate
Gaussian Beam
GBaud
Genlock
germanium
GHz
Gigahertz
Graded-index Fiber
GRIN
Ground Loop Noise
Group Index
Group Velocity
Half-duplex Transmission
Hard-clad Silica Fiber
HBT
HDSL
HDTV
Headend
Headend
Hero Experiments
Hertz (Hz)
HFC (Hybrid Fiber Coax)
HFC (Hybrid Fiber Coax)
HFC Network
HIPPI
Hot Swap
HP
Hydrogen Losses
IC
ICEA
IDP
IEEE
IF
IIN See interferometric intensity noise.
Impedance
Impedance Matching
In-line Amplifier
Index of Refraction
Index-matching Fluid
Infrared (IR)
Infrared Emitting Diode
Infrared Fiber
Infrared Fiber
InGaAs
InGaAsP
Injection Laser Diode (ILD)
InP
Insertion Loss
Insertion Loss
Integrated Circuit (IC)
Integrated Detector/Preamplifier (IDP)
Integrated Systems Digital Network (ISDN)
Intensity
Intensity Modulation
Inter-LATA
Interchannel Isolation
Interference
Interferometer
Interferometric Intensity Noise (IIN)
Interferometric Sensors
Intermodulation (Mixing)
International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
Internet
Intersymbol Interference
Intrinsic Losses
IP
IPI
IR
IRE Unit
Irradiance
ISA
ISDN
ISO
Isolation
ISP
ITU
Jacket
Jitter
JPEG
Jumper
kBaud
Kevlar
Keying
kg
kg
kHz
km
L-Band
L-I Curve
Lambertian Emitter
LAN (Local Area Network)
Large Core Fiber
Large Effective Area Fiber (LEAF)
Laser
Laser Diode (LD)
Lateral Displacement Loss
Launch Fiber
LD
LEAF
Least Significant Bit
LEC (Local Exchange Carrier)
LED
LEX
LH
Light
Light Piping
Light-emitting Diode (LED)
Lightguide
Lightwave
Linearity
LNB
Local Loop
Long-haul Telecommunications
Longitudinal Mode
Loop
Loose-tube
Loss
Loss Budget
Lossless Compression
Lossy Compression
mA
MAC
Macrobending
MAN (Metropolitan Area Network)
MAP
Margin
Mass Splicing
Material Dispersion
MBaud
Mean Launched Power
Mechanical Splice
Medium Access Control (MAC)
Mezzanine Compression
MFD
MH
MHz
Microbending
Microbending
Micrometer
Microsecond
Microwatt
Microwave Dish
Microwave Transmission
MIL-SPEC
MIL-STD
Minimum Bend Radius
Misalignment Loss
MLM
Modal Dispersion
Modal Noise
Mode
Mode Coupling
Mode Evolution
Mode Field Diameter (MFD):
Mode Filter
Mode Scrambler
Mode Stripper
Modem
Modulation
Modulation Index
Modulator
Monitor
Monochrome
Moore’s Law
Most Significant Bit
MPEG
MQW
ms
MSO
MTBF
Multi-quantum Well (MQW) Laser
Multilongitudinal Mode (MLM) Laser
Multimode (MM) Fiber
Multimode Dispersion
Multimode Laser Diode (MMLD)
Multiple Reflection Noise (MRN)
Multiplexer
Multiplexing
MUSE
mV
mW
MZ
nA
NA
NA Mismatch Loss
NAB
National Electric Code® (NEC):
NCTA
NDSF
Near Infrared
Near-end Crosstalk (NEXT, RN)
NEMA
NEP
Network
Network Topology
NF
NFPA
nm
Node
Noise
Noise Equivalent Power (NEP)
Noise Figure (NF)
Non Dispersion-shifted Fiber (NDSF)
Non Dispersion-shifted Fiber (NDSF)
Non Zero-dispersion-shifted Fiber (NZ-DSF)
Nonlinearity
NRZ
ns
NTSC
Numerical Aperture (NA)
nW
Nyquist Frequency
NZ-DSF
O/E
OADM
OAM
OAN
OC-x
OCH
ODN
OEIC
OEM
OLT
OLTS
OMS
ONI
ONT
ONU
OOI
Open Systems Interconnection (OSI)
Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer (OADM)
Optical Amplifier
Optical Bandpass
Optical Channel
Optical Channel Spacing
Optical Channel Width
Optical Continuous Wave Reflectometer (OCWR)
Optical Directional Coupler (ODC)
Optical Fall Time
Optical Fiber
Optical Isolator
Optical Link Loss Budget
Optical Path Power Penalty
Optical Pump Laser
Optical Return Loss (ORL)
Optical Rise Time
Optical Signal-to-Noise-Ratio (OSNR)
Optical Spectrum Analyzer (OSA)
Optical Waveguide
OSA
OSNR
OTDR (Optical Time Domain Reflectometer)
Outside Plant (OSP)
p-p
pA
PABX
Packet
Packet Switching
PAL
Parity
Passband
Passive Branching Device
Passive Device
Pathological Test Code
Pay-Per-View (PPV)
PBX
PC
PCB
PCM
PCS Fiber
PD
Peak Power Output
Peak Wavelength
PFM
Phase Constant
Phase Noise
Phase-shift Keying (PSK)
Photoconductive
Photodetector
Photodiode (PD)
Photon
Photonic
Photovoltaic
Pigtail
PIN Photodiode
Planar Waveguide
Plastic Clad Silica (PCS):
Plastic Fiber
PLC
Plenum
Plenum Cable
PMD
Point-to-Point Transmission
Polarization
Polarization Maintaining Fiber
Polarization Mode Dispersion (PMD):
PON
Port
POTS
PPM
Preform
Profile Dispersion
ps
PSTN
Public Switched Networks (PSN)
Pulse
Pulse Dispersion
Pulse-code Modulation (PCM):
Pump Laser
Push
pW
QAM
QDST
QoS
Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM):
Quadrature Phase-shift Keying (QPSK):
Quality of Service (QoS):
Quantization
Quantizing Error
Quantizing Noise
Quantum Efficiency
Quaternary Signal
Radiation-hardened Fiber
Radiometer
Radiometry
Raman Amplifier
Random Jitter (RJ):
Rayleigh Scattering
Rays
Receiver
Receiver Overload
Receiver Sensitivity
Recombination
Refraction
Refractive Index
Refractive Index Gradient
Regenerative Repeater
Regenerator
Repeater
Residual Loss
Responsivity
Return Loss
Return Path
RF
RF Carrier
RFI
RGB
Ribbon Cables
RIN
Ring
Ring Network
Rise Time
RJ
RMS
RS-250C
RTS
RZ
S-Band
S-CDMA
S/N
Sampling Rate
SAN (Storage Area Network):
SAP (Secondary Audio Programming):
Saturation
SBS
SC
Scalable Coding
Scalable Video
Scanning
Scattering
SCM
Scrambler
Scrambling
SCSI
SDTV
SECAM
Self-phase modulation (SPM)
Selfoc Lens
Semiconductor Optical Amplifier (SOA):
Sensitivity
Serial
Serial Digital
Serial Digital Interface (SDI)
Serial Digital Transport Interface (SDTI)
Servo-loop
Set-top Box
SH
Sheath
Shot Noise
Si
SI Units
Sideband
Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR)
Silica Glass
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP):
Simplex
Simplex Cable
Simplex Transmission
Single Attachment Concentrator
Single-line Laser
Single-longitudinal Mode Laser (SLM)
Single-mode (SM) Fiber
Single-mode Laser Diode (SMLD):
Single-mode Optical Loss Test Set (SMOLTS)
SLED
SLM
Slope Efficiency (SE)
SMA
Smart Structures
SMD
SMF
SMPTE
SMPTE 259M
SMPTE 310M
SNR
SOA
Soliton Pulse
SONET
Source
Span Engineering
Spectral Efficiency
Spectral Width
Spectral Width, Full Width, Half Maximum (FWHM)
Splice
Splitter
Splitting Ratio
SPM
SRS
ST
Stabilized Light Source
Star Coupler
Star Network
STB
Step-index Fiber
Stimulated Brillouin Scattering (SBS):
Stimulated Raman Scattering (SRS)
Strength Member
Submarine Cable
Subscriber Loop
Sun Fade
Supertrunk
Surface-emitting Diode
Surround Sound
Switch
Synchronization Pulse
Synchronous
T-Carrier
T1
Tap Loss
Tap Port
TCP/IP
TDM
TEC
Tee Coupler
Telecommunications Management Network (TMN)
Ternary
Thermal Noise
Throughput Loss
TICL
Tight-Buffer
Time-division Multiple Access (TDMA)
Time-division Multiplexing (TDM)
TMN
Token Ring
Total Internal Reflection
Transceiver
Transducer
Transmitter
Transponder
Tree
Trunk
TTL
Twisted Pair (TP) Cable
UHF
UL
Unidirectional
Unity Gain
UV
VCSEL
VDSL
Vector Quantization (VQ)
Vertical Cavity Surface-emitting Laser
Vestigial-sideband (VSB) Transmission
VGA
VHF
Video on Demand (VOD)
Videoconferencing
Videophone
Virtual Circuit (VC)
Visible Light
VOD
VOD
Voice Circuit
Volts
Volts
VPN
VSB
Weather Fade
Wide Area Network (WAN)
Wideband
Wireless
WWW (World Wide Web)
X-Band
X-Series Recommendations
XC
XGM
XPM
Y Coupler
Zero-dispersion Slope
Zero-dispersion Wavelength (l0)
Zipcord

 


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