Bidirectional fiber optic cable adapter
Abstract
The technical objective of the BIFOCS program was to develop, build, and test a full-duplex single fiber, fiber optic link, operating in the 1.0 micron to 1.6 micron region, capable of transmitting 20 Mb/s data (10 to the -9th power BER) over a range of at least 10 km, with a goal of 15 km. The link MTBF goal was 5 X 10 to the 3rd power hours and operation over a temperature range of 0 to 50 C. The fiber optic cable consisted of sections not exceeding 2 km in length joined by commercially available dry fiber optic connectors. The system performed successfully at ambient temperature over 15 km of cable.
- Publication:
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Final Technical Report
- Pub Date:
- February 1983
- Bibcode:
- 1983gte..rept.....L
- Keywords:
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- Crosstalk;
- Data Links;
- Fiber Optics;
- Transmission Lines;
- Transmitters;
- Connectors;
- Drying;
- Duplexers;
- Infrared Lasers;
- Length;
- Modems;
- Range (Extremes);
- Receivers;
- Temperature;
- Communications and Radar