Optical Link ?
J WHY FIBER OPTICS LINKS ?
Fiber Optic links are ideally suited for High Speed,High reliability,EMI/RFI immune,digital data transmission in harsh environment conditions such as airborne avionics and computers,Commercial telecommunications, Outside Broadcast,Natural Disaster Search and Rescue operations,Geophysics,Battlefield communications and Weapon systems… In such environments a massive amount of data,voice and video has to be securely transmitted,sometimes over long distance,and in Harsh environment. This is exactly what Fiber Optics Links can do. Thanks to a very large bandwidth and a very small diameter,Fiber Optic Links do provide a very fast, reliable,light weight,quick and easy to deploy means of transmitting a mind-boggling quantity of information between various equipments or systems.
Because they only carry light pulses,Fiber Optic Links are totally immune to Electromagnetic or Radio Frequency interferences which are always a threat to the integrity of the information transmitted. In hazardous environment (i.e post natural disaster rescue operations) light transmitting Fiber Optic Links are safe as they can not generate electrical sparks that could for instance trigger a gas explosion. As a preferred choice for deployable Battlefield communication systems,where secrecy is paramount, Fiber Optic Links are best suited :the light pulses being transmitted can not be detected,or hacked into making the link almost “invisible”. Amphenol extensive range of Connectors for Fiber Optics Links provide Interconnect Solutions for most situations and environments :butt joint or expanded beam technology,single or multi- channel,singlemode or multimode fibers.
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What is an optical link ?
In a basic fiber optic link,information such as video, voice and data have to be converted from a copper wire network to and optical one. The place of origin for all data entering in the optical network is called a transmitter.It converts coded electrical signals to equivalently coded light pulses. Light moves to the first connection,through the fiber
optic link (which might include several connections) and down to the last termini.Then the receiver decodes the optical pulses to an electrical signal. Amphenol supplies the complete interconnect assem- bly,including the connector,termini,fiber and optional accessories.
Transmitter
Receiver
Connection termini
Output circuit
Driver
Source
Connection
Connection
Detector
Copper wires Fiber optic
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