Fiber Optic Communications & Networking Module
The Fiber Optic Communications & Networking Module is Industrial Fiber Optics’ newest fiber optic technology module. It’s a 10-activity, intermediatelevel product developed for teaching the very latest in state of the art fiber optic communications and net working technology. The curriculum addresses the most recent advances in the rapidly changing fiber communications and networking technology fields. Curriculum subjects include:
· Fundamentals of fiber optic technology
· Optical fiber manufacture
· Optical fiber construction: single-and multi-mode
· Dispersion and attenuation
· Fiber cable comparisons
· Generation III fiber connection technology
· Fusion splicing techniques
· Fiber couplers and optical power splitters
· Wavelength division multiplexing
· Fiber Optic tools, testing and test equipment
The module curriculum guide is a comprehensive manual comprising 10 exciting activities, with technical reading assignments for each. Accompanying Fiber Optic Reference Guides contain 14 chapters with several hundred illustrations in 199 pages. An extensive list of references and a working glossary of fiber optic terms are included. Each activity features:
· Real world applications
· Hands on working experience and experiments with fiber optics and
associated components
· Problem solving and student worksheets
· Homework assignments and investigative research
· Web fiber optic tours and projects
Hands-on experiments and networking activities include:
· Coor picture and sound signals over fiber
· Optical fiber characterization
· Losses in optical fiber
· Fiber optic switching networks
· Optical and electrical multiplexing
· Fiber termination polishing and splicing
· Infrared light conversion
· Use of fiber couplers