This is Lecture 13 in the FOA series on fiber optics. This lecture looks at ways to test fiber visually, tracing fibers, finding faults or areas of high loss, using microscopes to inspect connectors and interferometers...

This is Lecture 14 in the FOA series on fiber optics. This lecture covers optical power, the most fundamental measurement in fiber optics, the instrument used to measure power, the unit of measurement (dB) and how it is...

This is Lecture 15 in the FOA series on fiber optics. In this lecture, the presenter discusses the five (5) different ways that international standards offer to test an installed cable plant. He discusses where each...

This is Lecture 16 in the FOA series on fiber optics. This lecture is about insertion loss testing. Insertion loss testing tests an installed cable plant with a light source and power meter in a method that is similar to...

This is Lecture 17 in the FOA series on fiber optics. This lecture is on OTDRS - optical time domain reflectometers. OTDRs are very powerful test tools for fiber optics but are complex and require more analysis of the...