Just curious, but does anyone know what utopia uses for their fiber project? The fiber, the terminals etc?
On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 12:18 PM, David Landry <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 10:15 AM, Steve Alligood <[email protected]>wrote: > >> naw, you can get 32+ colors on a pair of single mode fiber, it just isn't >> cheap and has problems with different colors at different distances. >> > > Maybe you can, but a single mode waveguide is designed to allow propagation > of a single mode at a particular wavelength. That wavelength of that mode > can be adjusted by changing core diameter and the index of refraction > profile [0]. > > I suppose you could couple other wavelengths into an evanescent mode along > the cladding over a short enough distance, though. Are you referring to > some particular product? > > --- > David Landry > > [0] Single mode transmission happens at V < 2.4 ( > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normalized_frequency_(fiber_optics)) > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
