How much do you know about fiber loss?
Do you know how to calculate it? In fiber optic installation, accurate measurement and calculation of fiber optic links are very important steps to verify network integrity and ensure network performance. Optical fiber will cause obvious signal loss (i.e. fiber loss) due to light absorption and scattering, which affects the reliability of the optical transmission network. So how can we know the loss value on the fiber link? This article will teach you how to calculate the loss in a fiber optic link and how to judge the performance of a fiber optic link. Type of fiber loss Optical fiber loss is also called optical attenuation, which refers to the amount of optical loss between the transmitting end and the receiving end of optical fiber . There are many reasons for fiber loss, such as absorption/scattering of light energy by the fibrous material, bending loss, connector loss, etc. Overall, there are two main reasons for fiber loss: internal factors (i.e. the inherent characte...