The Fiber Optics Experiment Kit is designed to teach and prepare individuals for the field of fiber optics technology and application. It consists of 12 laboratory experiments to give a solid understanding of fiber optics as an application of basic optics and laser principles. It also stresses the importance of hands-on technique. The lab manual was written by a college professor and industry professional and is based on actual college lab experience to give a good balance of theory and application.
1. Fiber Preparation and Light Coupling Techniques for stripping and cleaving fibers and techniques of coupling laser beam to fiber.
2. Total Internal Reflection and Guided Wave Observe total internal reflection and determine the refractive index of a rectangular, acrylic rod as a simulation of the guided rays in optical fiber.
3. Numerical Aperture Measurement Observe the light guiding properties of multimode optical fiber, input mode excitation and intermodal coupling. Determine the numerical aperture of two different fibers.
4. Singlemode Propagation and Numerical Aperture Measurement Observe the guiding properties of singlemode optical fiber. Determine the numerical aperture.
5. Fiber Optic Interferometry Set up interferometry by using single-mode fiber and demonstrate the phase preserving property.
6. Fiber Polishing and Interconnection Polish bare fibers and connectotize the fiber terminals using SMA connectors and splices. Determine the coupling loss.
7. Misalignments in Fiber-Fiber Coupling Examine in detail the loss factors in fiber-fiber coupling.
8. Fiber Attenuation Measurement Determine the attenuation constant in decibel of a plastic fiber.
9. Semiconductor Source Coupling Study the characteristics of LED and laser diode source in relation to coupling of source power into optical fiber.
10. Fiber Optic Voice Communication System Assemble a simple voice communication system using plastic fiber as signal transmission medium.
11. Simulation of Fiber Optic Intensity Sensor Set up a fiber optic sensing system with a 2 x 2 coupler using a bidirectional operation.
12. Wavelength Demultiplexing Build a dispersive grating and a fiber array to demonstrate wavelength demultiplexing of a white light input and three channel out
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