Fiber optic tools simplify the task of inspection of optical cables

The term “High-end Communication” is a popular word these days, and the practicality of communication through the use of fiber optic cable have grown for lot of people, either for personal or business use. These are a bunch of transparent cables that are made of either glass (silica) or plastic and are used to transmit signals in faster speed over a long distance.

Because of the use of glass, these cables have an advantage of being light weight. However, due to their frangible nature, these often get cracked, broken or damaged. And in such case, technicians have to perform the inspection where end-to-end continuity is checked in order to ensure that the flow of communication is not hampered. The technician will perform some basic application in the process of fiber optic inspection, which has been illustrated below:

• Identification: First of all a technician would inspect the cable, and relative power inspection is being done in such case. There are several methods which can be performed to isolate the desired cable from the group of cables without breaking down the link
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• High loss point: Identification of high loss point sues to break-down, crack, tight bend is being inspected by the fiber optic identifier. In this case, relative power point from end to end can be inspected, that is due to sudden increase or decrease in relative power, that proves high loss of point exists between two points
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• Verify connectors: An identifier is also used to inspect the connectors and slices. This is possible by attaching the identifier on one side of the connector/slice and note down the reading of relative power. Likewise repeat the measurement process on the second hand side of the connector/slice. Thus difference between the both the reading should be equal to the optical attenuation of the optical connector/slice. And if not so, then the connector/slice may be defective

Thus, all the above mentioned factors used in the process of inspection cannot just be done by technician hands; rather they would require fiber optic testing equipment to inspect the defaults in the cables. Further listed below are some of the tools used by the technician:

1. Fiber optic microscope: This tool is use to examine the cable and discover the chips, breaks and malformations which causes loss of signal, bad speed etc
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2. Continuity tester: This is used to detect the digital continuity and determining the signal efficiency
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3. Optical power meter: This device is used to measure the power in an optical signal

Moreover we can say that Fiber QA is a company that is renowned for making commercial fiber optic testing equipment.