Fiber-optic dictionary

Aug. 1, 1995

A 62-page pocket-sized dictionary contains line drawings and more than 450 terms and definitions for fiber-optic communications. Among the terms described are acceptance angle, connector return loss, Fresnel reflection, step-index fiber and chromatic dispersion.

Methode Electronics Inc.

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