Abstract:
The use of Fiber optic patch panels is widespread in today's network closets and data centers. However, because of the many options, configurations and embedded technologies, the decision of picking a suitable panel can be daunting. This article will provide the necessary information and selection criteria to make an informed decision on choosing the right one that will meet your organization's needs!
Our article about Optical Multiplexing discussed the differences between popular WDM Technologies and the following article outlines the passive WDM multiplexers available with their respective specifications.
Introducing OptoSpan's line of passive optical BWDM, CWDM and DWDM multiplexer/demultiplexer modules that provide long haul optical communication featuring premium optical technology to expand and enhance fiber optic networks. These optical mux/demux modules provide low-cost bandwidth expansion and are easy to implement. Delivering low insertion loss, supporting protocols like ESCON, ATM, Fibre Channel, and Gigabit Ethernet over each port. Multiplexer Modules are available in 6 different modes including: * 4+2 Channel CWDM * 8+1 Channel CWDM * 8 Channel expansion CWDM * 8+1 Channel DWDM * 32 Channel DWDM * and 16+1 Channel DWDM*
In recent years Fiber Optic communication technologies have evolved at a rapid pace in order to support our increasingly data driven society. Many of the advancements have been in the area of finding clever ways to increase the transmission capacity of the existing fiber network infrastructure. Since optical multiplexing is a useful technique to accomplish this, researchers have explored optimizing optical multiplexing in time (TDM), space (SMX) , polarization or phase (PDM) and wavelength (WDM).
While some of the aforementioned multiplexing techniques (in particular spatial Multiplexing) hold great promise for future applications, this article focuses primarily on Wavelength-Division Multiplexing (WDM) as it is the most widely used by SanSpot.com's applications, solutions and customers. In Essence WDM creates virtual fiber pathways over a single fiber strand by combining 2 or more wavelengths
