Advantages of OPTICAL FIBER CABLE

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1. Gandhinagar Institute of Technology(012) Subject : Physics (2110011) Active Learning Assignment Branch : Computer : A-2 Prepared by : - Vishvesh jasani (160120107042) Guided By: Prof. Nirav Pandya Topic Name: Advan tages of OFC

2. Brief flow of presentation Introduction What is Optical Fiber? Advantages of Optical fiber cable

3. What is optical Fiber? - An optical fiber is a flexible, transparent fiber made by drawing glass (silica) or plastic to a diameter slightly thicker than that of a human hair. - Optical fibers are used most often as a means to transmit light between the two ends of the fiber and find wide usage in fiber-optic communications

4. Structure of optical fiber

5. Advantage of optical fiber cable Extremely High Bandwidth : - Fiber optic cables have a much greater bandwidth than metal cables. - Optical fiber has a bandwidth capability of 400MHz/km or greater . - Optical fiber can provide data transmission performance up to 10Gbps, 40Gbps and even 100Gbps with new hardware that is now available .

6. 2) Low Power Loss : - An optical Fiber offers low power loss. This allows for longer transmission distances. - In comparison to copper; in a network, the longest recommended copper distance is 100m while with fibre, it is 2000m. - In order to increase the transmission distance, a repeater must be installed in the middle of the path to re-generate the signal - Optical fiber cable allows data to be sent far without as many repeater devices that are required by other types of cabling.

7. 3) Interference : - Fibre optic cables are immune to electromagnetic interference. - It can also be run in electrically noisy environments without concern as electrical noise will not affect fibre. - optical fiber transmits light (photons) rather than electrons, it does not radiate electromagnetic fields, nor is it susceptible to electromagnetic fields.

8. 4) Size : - In comparison to copper, a fibre optic cable has nearly 4.5 times as much capacity as the wire cable has and a cross sectional area that is 30 times less. 5) Weight : - Fibre optic cables are much thinner and lighter than metal wires. - They also occupy less space with cables of the same information capacity. Lighter weight makes fibre easier to install.

9. 6) S ecure Transmissions : - o ptical fiber cabling provides an extremely secure transmission medium. - o ptical fiber is a dielectric, it does not present a spark hazard. - fiber optic cabling does not radiate magnetic fields. - the light (photons) is confined within the fiber which makes it impossible to tap the signal without cutting into the fiber. - fibre is the most secure medium available for carrying sensitive data.

10. 7) Flexibility : - An optical fibre has greater tensile strength than copper or steel fibres of the same diameter. It is flexible, bends easily and resists most corrosive elements that attack copper cable. 8) Cost : - The raw materials for glass are plentiful, unlike copper. This means glass can be made more cheaply than copper.

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