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  38999
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  The 38999 is a cylindrical fiber optic connector for military applications. The 38999 is often...
• 802.3 Network
  802.3-Network.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  A 10 Mb/s CSMA/CD bus-based network; commonly called Ethernet.
• 802.5 Network
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  A token-passing ring network operating at 4 Mb/s or 16 Mb/s.
• 8B10B Encoding
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  A signal modulation scheme in which eight bits are encoded in a 10-bit word to...
• A B Switch
  A-B-Switch.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  A device that accepts inputs (optical or electrical) from a primary path and a secondary...
• AB Switch
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  A switch that accepts either optical or electrical inputs from two paths, primary and secondary,...
• abaxial spherical aberration
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  A type of aberration in which a symmetrical light patch is formed at points that...
• Abbe condenser
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  A two-lens combination designed by the physicist Ernst Abbe. It is located below the stage...
• Abbe constant
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  also V-value or v-value). The constant of an optical medium that describes the ratio of...
• Abbe illumination
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  A form of illumination where the source is imaged directly onto the object being viewed...
• Abbe prism
  Abbe-prism.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  A particular form of roof prism that can be used to invert an image. Because...
• Abbe refractometer
  Abbe-refractometer.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  An optical instrument used to measure the of index of refraction of an unknown sample...
• Abbe sine condition
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  A condition, first stated by Abbe, that must be met by any spherically corrected lens...
• Abbe-Porro prism
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  A compact version of the traditional Porro image-erecting prism used in binoculars.
• ABCD Matrix
  ABCD-Matrix.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  A 2-by-2 matrix describing the effect of an optical element on a laser beam.
• Aberration
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  Deviation from what is normal, correct, or natural. In optics, aberrations may be defects in...
• Aberration Sensor
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  An optical instrument with knife-edge scanning technology that can detect and measure abberations in an...
• Ablation Threshold
  Ablation-Threshold.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  The point at which absorbed laser energy is sufficient to break the bonds between molecules...
• Ablative Photodecomposition
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  The phenomenon whereby pulsed ultraviolet radiation is absorbed by a material, causing excitation within and...
• Ablative Wall Flashlamp
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  A high-brightness, short-duration source in which low-pressure gas initiates the discharge to vaporize material from...
• Abney effect
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  The hue shift that results when purity and, consequently, saturation are varied.
• Abrasion Mark
  Abrasion-Mark.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  Any scratch, dig, or mark on an optical surface caused by friction in polishing, mishandling,...
• Abrasive
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  A material such as silicon carbide, aluminum oxide, silica, cerium oxide, emery or rouge that...
• Abridged Spectrophotometer
  Abridged-Spectrophotometer.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  An instrument used to measure transmission or reflection as a function of wavelength, using narrow...
• Absolute Colorimetric
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  A rendering intent that does not change colors from the source space falling within the...
• Absolute Luminance Threshold
  Absolute-Luminance-Threshold.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  Lower limit of luminance necessary for vision. About 10 -2 ml at the fovea, 10...
• Absolute Magnification
  Absolute-Magnification.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  The magnification equal to the distance of distinct vision (250 mm) divided by the equivalent...
• Absolute Purity Threshold
  Absolute-Purity-Threshold.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  Least purity seen as different from white.
• Absolute Refractive Index
  Absolute-Refractive-Index.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  The refractive index of a medium in relation to that of a vacuum.
• Absolute Temperature Scale
  Absolute-Temperature-Scale.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  Thermodynamic temperature scale, named for Lord Kelvin (1848), in which temperatures are given in kelvins...
• Absolute White
  Absolute-White.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  A perfect diffuser that exists only as a concept, or a white with known spectral...
• Absorb
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  To transform radiant energy into a different form, usually with a resultant rise in temperature.
• Absorbance
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  The ability of a medium to absorb radiation depending on temperature and wavelength. Expressed as the...
• Absorbing Wedge
  Absorbing-Wedge.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  A strip or annulus of glass whose transmission varies linearly with distance because of its...
• Absorptance
  Absorptance.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  Ratio of the absorbed radiant or luminous flux to the incident flux.
• Absorption
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  That portion of fiber optic attenuation resulting from the conversion of optical power to...
• Absorption Band
  Absorption-Band.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  A region of the spectrum in which the absorption coefficient reaches a maximum.
• Absorption Coefficient
  Absorption-Coefficient.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  The absorption coefficient ? is a property of a material. It defines the extent to...
• Absorption Hologram
  Absorption-Hologram.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  A hologram formed when the light of the illuminating beam is absorbed in correspondence with...
• Absorption Index
  Absorption-Index.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  The quantity of al/4pn, where a is the absorption coefficient, l is wavelength, and n...
• Absorption Lens
  Absorption-Lens.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  A lens designed to inhibit selected wavelengths from passing through it by the absorption of...
• Absorption Line
  Absorption-Line.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  The narrowest range of wavelengths or frequency of radiant energy that can be absorbed by...
• Absorption Meter
  Absorption-Meter.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  A measuring device that uses a light-sensitive cell or detector to determine the amount of...
• Absorption Peak
  Absorption-Peak.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  In the field of spectroscopy, the maximum wavelength of radiation that can be absorbed by...
• Absorption Spectrophotometer
  Absorption-Spectrophotometer.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  An optical instrument used to detect and measure the absorption spectra of specimens.
• Absorption Spectroscopy
  Absorption-Spectroscopy.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  A study of the energies and wavelengths of radiation absorbed by atoms and molecules of...
• Absorption spectrum
  Absorption-spectrum.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  Also called spectral window of absorption. The spectrum formed by radiation that has been filtered...
• AC
  AC.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  Abbreviation for alternating current. An electric current that reverses its direction at regularly recurring...
• Accelerated Aging
  Accelerated-Aging.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  The operation of a sample population of the lasers for an extended period of time...
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  Acceptance Angle
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  The maximum angle within which light will be accepted by an element, such as a...
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  Acceptance Cone
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  In fiber optics, the cone within which optical power may be coupled into the bound...
• Acceptance Pattern
  Acceptance-Pattern.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  A curve expressing an optical fiber's total transmitted power as a function of its launch...
• Access Network
  Access-Network.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  Part of the telecommunication network that connects to individual and corporate users.
• Accessories
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  Sometimes referred to as “Rear Accessories” or “Backshells” are mechanical devices such as strain reliefs,...
• Acousto Optic Modulators
  Acousto-Optic-Modulators.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  Optical modulators based on the acousto-optic effect.
• Acousto Optic Tunable Filter
  Acousto-Optic-Tunable-Filter.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  An optical filter that can be tuned by altering the refractive index using acoustic waves...
• Acousto Optics
  Acousto-Optics.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  The study of the interactions between sound waves and light in a solid medium. Sound...
• Acoustophotorefractive Effect
  Acoustophotorefractive-Effect.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  A semipermanent change in the index of refraction resulting from the interaction between high-intensity, short-duration...
• Acrylate
  Acrylate.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  A polymer material used in optical fibers as a buffer coating or cladding or in...
• Active Area
  Active-Area.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  The area of a detector with greatest response.
• Active Branching Device
  Active-Branching-Device.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  A device which converts an optical input into two or more optical outputs with gain...
• Active Device
  Active-Device.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  A device that requires a source of energy for its operation and has an output...
• Active Medium
  Active-Medium.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  A medium in which lasing will take place, rather than absorption, at a given wavelength.
• Active Mode Locking
  Active-Mode-Locking.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  A technique of mode locking based on active modulation of the intracavity losses or the...
• Active Port Diameter
  Active-Port-Diameter.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  On a light source or detector, the diameter of the area in which light can...
• Active Region
  Active-Region.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  The layer of material in a laser diode from which the optical radiation is...
• Active Star
  Active-Star.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  An active device that connects two or more fiber optic link segments. Optical signals received...
• Acute Bisectrix
  Acute-Bisectrix.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  In biaxial crystals, the principal angle that bisects the smaller angle between the optic...
• AD
  AD.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  Abbreviation for analog-to-digital converter. A device used to convert analog signals to digital signals.
• Adapter
  Adapter.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  A device for coupling two connectors.
• Adapter Sleeve
  Adapter-Sleeve.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  A mechanical fixture within an adapter body that aligns and holds two terminated fiber connectors....
• Adapters
  Adapters.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  An adapter is a mechanical device designed to align fiber-optic connectors. It contains the split...
• ADC
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• Add Drop Multiplexing
  Add-Drop-Multiplexing.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  A multiplexing function offered in connection with SONET that allows lower level signals to be...
• Additive Pulse Mode Locking
  Additive-Pulse-Mode-Locking.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  A technique for mode locking a laser using a nonlinear interaction in an external...
• additive-pulse mode locking
  additive-pulse-mode-locking.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  A technique for mode locking a laser, using a nonlinear interaction in an external...
• Address
  Address.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  A number specifying a particular user device attachment point... The location of a terminal, a peripheral...
• Adiabatic Soliton Compression
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  A pulse compression technique based on the adaptation of solitons to slowly varying propagation...
• Adjustable Attenuator
  Adjustable-Attenuator.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  An attenuator in which the level of attenuation is varied with an internal adjustment. Also...
• ADM
  ADM.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  Abbreviation for add-drop multiplexer.A device which adds or drops signals from a communications network.
• ADSL
  ADSL.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line. Most common form of DSL where the data rate being transmitted...
• Adsorption
  Adsorption.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  In chemistry, the taking up by the surface of a solid or liquid (adsorbent) of...
• AEA
  AEA.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  American Electronics Association
• Aerial Plant
  Aerial-Plant.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  Cable that is suspended in the air on telephone or electric utility poles.
• AFCEA
  AFCEA.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  An acronym for Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association.
• AGC
  AGC.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  Abbreviation for automatic gain control. A process or means by which gain is automatically adjusted...
• Aging
  Aging.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  The operation of a sample population of the lasers for an extended period of time...
• Algorithm
  Algorithm.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  A procedure for solving a mathematical problem, as of finding the greatest common divisor, in...
• Aligned Bundle
  Aligned-Bundle.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  An assembly of fibers in which the coordinates of each fiber are the same at...
• Alignment Laser
  Alignment-Laser.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  A laser, usually employing helium-neon or other gases as the active medium, used for alignment...
• Alignment Sensitivity
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  The sensitivity of a laser, an optical resonator or some other device with respect to...
• All Dieletric Cable
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  Cable made entirely of dielectric (insulating) materials without any metal conductors, armor, or strength...
• All Silica Fiber
  All-Silica-Fiber.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  Also known as all-glass fiber. A fiber with both a silica core and a silica...
• All Solid State Lasers
  All-Solid-State-Lasers.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  Laser systems containing solid-state devices only.
• Alpha
  Alpha.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  A positive number that indicates the core refractive index shape and ranges from one to...
• Alternate Buffer
  Alternate-Buffer.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  In a data communications device, the section of memory set aside for the transmission or...
• AM
  AM.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  Abbreviation for amplitude modulation. A transmission technique in which the amplitude of the carrier ...
• Ambient Temperature
  Ambient-Temperature.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  The average or mean temperature of the surrounding air, which comes in contact with the...
• Amp
  Amp.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  An abbreviation for ampere.
• Amplification
  Amplification.html - Fiber Optic Glossary
  The growth of the radiation field in the laser resonator cavity. As the light wave...

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