Exam 8: Various Aspects of Optical Fiber Design and Performance

Stress corrosion must be considered while designing and testing optical fiber cables.

What does micro-bending losses depend on?

How many categories exists in case of cable design?

__________ can induce a considerable amount of attenuation in optical fibers.

An inclusion of one or more structural members in an optical fiber so as to serve as a cable core foundation around which the buffer fibers may be wrapped is called _____________

The losses caused due to hydrogen absorption mechanisms are in the range of

The cable is normally covered with an outer plastic sheath to reduce _______________

. ____________ results from small lateral forces exerted on the fiber during the cabling process.

The fiber should be________________ to avoid deterioration of the optical transmission characteristics resulting from mode-coupling-induced micro-bending.

The diffusion of hydrogen into optical fiber affects the ______________

The primary function of the structural member is load bearing.

The cable must be designed such that the strain on the fiber in the cable does not exceed__________

How many types of buffer jackets are used in fiber buffering?

What is the Young's modulus of Kevlar, an aromatic polyester?

Microscopic meandering of the fiber core axis that is micro-bending is caused due to

Which of the following is not a strength member used in optical cable?

When the stranding approach consists of individual elements (e.g. single-fiber or multi fiber loose tube buffer) than the cable is termed as

How many forms of modal power distribution are considered?

A measure of amount of optical fiber emitted from source that can be coupled into a fiber is termed as

Which statistics are used for calculations of strengths of optical fibers?