Fiber Optic Cable Construction

Not many people know what is and what are Fiber Optic Cable Construction, but now Inside The Computers will explain a little about it and I hope this will help.

fiber optic cable construction

Fiber optic cable made in many form and size, as happening on coaxial cable, the construction is made to support the application at any condition. Mostly the physically of the fiber optic cable almost the same with coaxial cable. There is so many cable with modification which will increase the power and reliability to that cable, but this components still present in every kind of cable.

The main component of this cable is the core. The material which forms the core is plastic or glass core which has refractive index level about 1.5. Outside the core, there is a layer called cradle. The function of this cradle can be mention as a layer to protect the core from the light. This layer also made from the optic materials same as the core, but the value of refractive index lower than core fiber.

The layer after a cradle is another protection layer which made from the plastics. This layer also called as buffer coating. Different with craddle, this layer has physically protection, because this layer made to protect the core from humidity and damaged.

On the all of that layer, there is another protection called jacket. This layer physically protect from the layers inside from the abrasion, shaking, contamination and more.