White Papers
This Stream includes all of our White Papers Flipbooks
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Anti-Rotational Device Explanation and Common Objections
A white paper discusses using Anti-rotational devices (ARD) in optical ground wire (OPGW) installations.
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Single-Jacket vs. Double-Jacket ADSS Fiber Optic Cable
The white paper explores the advantages and typical applications of single-jacket and double-jacket ADSS cable designs.
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Advantages of 24-Fiber Buffer Tubes
Increasing the fiber count in each individual buffer tube to 24 fibers reduces the size, weight, and cost of the ADSS cable.
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Splicing Efficiency Improvements in Ultra-High Density Fiber Optic Cable
AFL investigates and documents each aspect of the cable joining and the ribbon fiber splicing process of ultra-high density fiber optic cable in data center applications and new access networks.
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Splicer Alignment Technologies - The Technical and Data-Driven Differentiators
This white paper aims to educate the industry on the different splicer technologies, using technical and data differentiators as opposed to marketing verbiage.
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Estudio de costos de empalmes Bluetooth
En el mundo de las empalmadoras, Fujikura fue el primero en utilizar tecnología de Bluetooth en una manera que se traduce en verdaderos ahorros monetarios.
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OPGW and OHGW Bonding Assembly Selection
Selecting the best bonding assembly configuration is dependent on proximity from the termination or suspension hardware to the support structure, terrain and wind conditions and tower hardware.
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White Paper: Splice Loss Estimation with the Fujikura 41S Fusion Splicer
This white paper will introduce the larger categories of splice loss estimation methods and applications to better explain in context how the Fujikura's 41S splicer estimation technique performs.
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Optical Fiber and the Future Electric Utility
This white paper explores the options electric utilities have to bring fiber deeper into their networks and AFL's FOLLOW THE POWER® approach.
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Bluetooth Splicing Cost Study
Cost study: Compared to a traditional splicer-cleaver combination, a Bluetooth-enabled splicer/cleaver combination produce a 76% cost of ownership reduction and weeks of time reclaimed.
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Beyond 300°C: Reliable Long-Term Measurement of Temperature for Supercritical Geothermal Systems
Demonstration of low attenuation metal-coated optical fiber and cable capable of withstanding temperatures up to 500°C. Performance will be validated by using a DTS instrument to measure temperature.
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500 C-Rated Optical Fibers High Temperature Applications
This paper will demonstrate a metal-coated fiber capable of withstanding temperatures up to 500°C.
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ADSS Advantages Over Strand and Lash Fiber Cables in Aerial Electric Utility Applications
This paper will further explore some of the advantages of using ADSS cable as opposed to a strand and lash fiber cable for aerial electric utility applications.
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New Approach for High Reliability, Low Loss Splicing between Silica and ZBLAN Fibers
This paper presents results obtained by using the high thermal expansion coefficient of the ZBLAN fiber to encapsulate a smaller SiO2 fiber.
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High Efficiency Pump Combiner
In this paper we present an all fiber end pumped 7x1 pump combiner fabricated by CO2 laser splicing system.
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Fiber Cladding Mode Stripper
Presented and characterized are an optimized cladding mode stripper design that increases the cladding light loss with a minimal device length and manufacturing time.
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Ball Shaped End Caps
In this paper, general ball shaped end-caps are studied and illustrated. Different ball shaped end-caps were tested and measured for a variety of applications.
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Annular Heating of Optical Fiber with a CO2 Laser Using Reflective Axicon Elements
By offsetting the light structure, precise localized zone heating and annealing of specific areas at a fiber’s surface can be achieved as well.
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DWDM Expansion over CWDM
DWDM allows you to add additional capacity without replacing your existing CWDM infrastructure and with minimal—if any—service interruption.
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New Ultra-Density Fiber Cable Technology for FTTx and Access Markets Using New SpiderWeb Ribbon®
The new ultra-density fiber optic cable technology, called Wrapping Tube Cable (WTC), utilizes a new optical fiber ribbon arrangement technology called SpiderWeb Ribbon (SWR®).
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