Data Communications Training Courses
Practical Fibre Optics for Engineers and Technicians (FO)
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This comprehensive two day workshop provides the necessary background to understand the fundamentals of fibre optic systems and their individual components including fibres, cable construction, connectors, splicers and optical sources and detectors. Attendees will use this knowledge to develop the required techniques for design, installation and maintenance of fibre optic systems.
This workshop is designed to provide a thorough background to fibre optic communications systems and to illustrate how to design and install these systems. Various pitfalls associated with the implementation of fibre optic systems are discussed and workable solutions to these problems are provided. It will benefit engineers, technicians and scientists involved in specifying, commissioning and maintaining industrial fibre optic systems, but who have little previous experience in this field.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
- Consulting engineers
- Control engineers and technicians
- Electrical engineers
- Instrumentation engineers
- Instrumentation technicians
- Maintenance engineers and technicians
- Process control engineers
- Project engineers
- Project managers
- Systems engineers
- Telecommunications engineers
CONTENT SUMMARY
REGISTRATION AND INTRODUCTION TO FIBRE OPTICS SYSTEMS
- Introduction
- Outline of workshop
- Historical background to fibre optics
- Comparison of fibre optics and copper systems
DEFINITIONS, BASIC PRINCIPLES
- Data communications
- Communications channels
- Transmission modes
- The electromagnetic spectrum
- Revisiting copper
THEORY OF FIBRE OPTICS TRANSMISSION
- Fundamental principals of operation
- Light transmission nature of glass
- Numerical aperture
- Modal propagation in fibres
- Multimode/singlemode/step-index/graded index
- Bandwidth of fibres
- Modal and chromatic dispersion
- Absorption/scatter/bending/radiation/mismatches
- Other types of fibres
CONSTRUCTION OF FIBRE OPTIC CABLES
- Cable objectives
- Tensile ratings
- Structural elements
- Housings – loose tube/slotted core/tight buffered
- Sheaths and moisture barriers
- Classes of cables – aerial/underground/subaqueous/indoor
CONNECTING FIBRES
- Optical connection issues
- Fibre end preparation
- Splicing fibres – fusion/mechanical
- Connectors
- Optical couplers
Practical session
OPTICAL DRIVERS AND DETECTORS
- Light emitting diodes
- Lasers
- Transmitters modules
- Safety considerations
- PIN photodiodes
- Receiver modules
- Optical amplifiers
INSTALLING FIBRE OPTIC CABLES
- Initial preparation – site survey/design
- General installation rules and procedures
- Bending radius/cable tension/cable reels
- Cable trays/conduits/lubricants
- Indoor cable installation/leaving extra cable
- Outdoor cable installation/environmental conditions
- Splicing trays/organisers/termination cabinets/patch panels/distribution panels/breakout boxes
FIBRE OPTICS SYSTEM DESIGN
- Initial design considerations
- Future capacity/reliability/operation wavelength
- Repeaters and amplifiers
- Design loss calculations/link loss budgets
- Design bandwidth calculations
TESTING OF FIBRE OPTIC SYSTEMS
- Concepts of optical measurement
- Continuity testing
- Insertion loss testing
- Optical time domain reflectometry (OTDR)
- Bit error rate (BER) testing
- Eye diagrams
- Laboratory fibre tests
Practical session
TECHNOLOGIES THAT USE OPTICAL FIBRES
- Low speed modems
- 10 base F/FDDI/FIORL
- ATM
- LAN’s/MAN’s/WAN’s
- Analog modulators for video and microwave links
- HDTV