Fiber Optics:

• abrasive
• acceptance angle
• acceptance cone
• aligned bundle
• all-silica fiber
• angle of deviation
• angle of incidence
• aramid yarn
• armor
• axial propagation constant
• bandwidth•distance product
• bound mode
• braid
• break out
• breakout cable
• buffer
• bundle
• cable
• cable cutoff wavelength (_cc)
• cladding
• cladding diameter
• cladding mode
• cladding mode stripper
• cleave
• concentricity error
• core
• core area
• core diameter
• coupled modes
• coupling efficiency
• critical angle
• cutback technique
• cutoff mode
• cutoff wavelength
• deeply depressed cladding fiber
• dielectric waveguide
• differential quantum efficiency
• dispersion
• dispersion-shifted fiber
• dispersion-unshifted fiber
• dopant
• doubly clad fiber
• duplex cable
• effective mode volume
• electrical length
• end finish
• equilibrium length
• equilibrium mode distribution (EMD)
• equilibrium mode simulator
• evanescent field
• evanescent mode
• extrinsic joint loss
• fiber amplifier
• fiber optic cable
• fiber optic link
• fiber optics (FO)
• first window
• flooding compound
• fundamental mode
• fusion splice
• gap loss
• gap-loss attenuator
• gel
• glass
• graded-index fiber
• graded-index profile
• group delay
• group index
• group velocity
• guided ray
• hockey puck
• homogeneous cladding
• hybrid cable
• hybrid mode
• hydroxyl ion absorption
• inclusion
• index dip
• index-matching material
• insertion loss
• intensity modulation (IM)
• intramodal distortion
• intrinsic joint loss
• joint
• lateral offset loss
• launch angle
• launching fiber
• launch numerical aperture (LNA)
• lay length
• leaky mode
• leaky ray
• long wavelength
• macrobend
• macrobend loss
• mandrel wrapping
• material dispersion coefficient [M()]
• material scattering
• mechanical splice
• meridional ray
• microbend
• minimum bend radius
• minimum-dispersion window
• minimum-loss window
• modal distribution
• modal loss
• modal noise
• mode
• mode coupling
• mode field diameter (MFD)
• mode partition noise
• mode scrambler
• mode volume
• multifiber cable
• multifiber joint
• multimode distortion
• multimode optical fiber
• near-field region
• near-field scanning
• nonlinear scattering
• numerical aperture loss
• numerical aperture (NA )
• OFC
• OFN
• OFNP
• OFNR
• open waveguide
• optical connector
• optical fiber
• optical isolator
• optical junction
• ovality
• overfill
• parabolic profile
• phase term
• pigtail
• plastic-clad silica (PCS) fiber
• polarization-maintaining (PM) optical fiber
• power-law index profile
• precision-sleeve splicing
• primary coating
• profile parameter (g )
• quadruply clad fiber
• radiation angle
• radiation-hardened fiber
• radiation mode
• radiation pattern
• reference surface
• reflection loss
• refracted ray
• refractive index contrast
• refractive index (n, )
• refractive index profile
• ribbon cable
• rip cord
• scattering center
• second window
• short wavelength
• silica
• single-mode optical fiber
• skew ray
• slab-dielectric waveguide
• soliton
• SONET
• spectral loss curve
• splice loss
• splice organizer
• star coupler
• step-index fiber
• step-index profile
• strength member
• substitution method
• surface wave
• tap
• tapered fiber
• T-coupler
• terminus
• thin-film optical waveguide
• third window
• tolerance field
• transmitter central wavelength range (_max- _min)
• transverse electric and magnetic (TEM) mode
• transverse electric (TE) mode
• transverse magnetic (TM) mode
• traveling wave
• vertex angle
• waveguide
• weakly guiding fiber
• window
• zero-dispersion slope
• zero-dispersion wavelength
• zip-cord