Course Description: CFOT Course Location: School premises and customer location

Course Frequency: 1. Once a session for colleges.

1. Monthly at our school location.

2. As demanded by client as corporate training.

Course Description: CFOT CURRICULUM: 1. INTRODUCTION TO FIBER OPTICS:

a. Brief history.

b. Definition.

c. Advantage of fiber optics transmission over copper, coaxial and radio frequency.

d. Preparation/manufacturing of fiber optics cables.

1. HEALTH AND SAFETY RULES OF FIBER OPTICS INSTALLATIONS:

a. Health and safety execution (HSE) under TIA/EIA regulation.

b. Warning signs

c. Safety equipment

d. Electrical safety

e. Confined spaces

1. FIBER DESIGN/WORKING PRINCIPLES:

a. Core, cladding, buffer coating or primary coating and Strength members.

b. Reflection, Refraction and Refractive index.

c. Critical angle and total internal reflection.

d. Fiber types:  All plastic (P.C.S. and H.C.S.)  All glass (Step index MM, Graded index MM and Single mode)

e. Numerical aperture (NA)/ Acceptance Cone

f. Mode Field Diameter MDF: Defines the size of power distribution through the core /Cladding of the fiber.

1. OPTICAL NETWORK:

a. Definition of what a fiber optic network is.

b. Transmitters/Light sources  LEDs (light emitting diodes)  VCSELs (vertical cavity emitting lasers)  LASER (light amplification by the stimulated Emission of radiation)

c. Optical fiber parameters  Wavelength  Frequency  WDM (wavelength division multiplexing)

d. Fiber optics amplifiers  EDFAs (erbium doped fiber amplifiers)  Raman amplification

e. FO Attenuators: Types and Uses

f. Windows/operating wavelength

1. CABLING  CABLE TYPES

a. TIGHT BUFFERS (simplex/zip cords)  Distribution cables  Breakout cables

b. LOOSE TUBES  Ribboncables  Armored  Optical Power Ground Wire (OPGW) cables

c. Hybrid and Composite cables  CABLE SELECTION/CHOOSING: Factors to be considered when choosing a cable.  CABLE SPECIFICATION:

I. Installation Specification

II. Envirmental Specification  CABLE RATING (CONDUCTIVE AND NON-CONDUCTIVE)

I. Plenum Area

II. Risers

III. General Purpose  CABLE DESIGN CRITERIA

I. Pulling strength

II. Water Protection III. Fire code Ratings

1. The Definition

B. Types

C. FO connectors

I. Types/Identification

II. ST Connectors

III. LC Connectors

IV. FC/RC Connectors

V. SC Connectors

VI. MT/RJ D. Termination kits: Pigtails and Patch Cords,Breakout/Fanout Kits,Mid-couplers and mating sleeves.

E. Termination Procedures

1. Adhesive Termination  Epoxy/polish  Hot-Melt  Anaerobic Adhesives  Acrylic

2. Crimp/polish

3. Prepolished splice

F. Polishing Techniques  The Flat Finish  Physical Contact (PC)  Angled Physical Contact (APC)

1. SPLICING

a) Definition

b) Types: Mechanical/Fusion

c) Choosing a splice type

d) Step by step splicing Process

e) Splice Losses; Cause and Remedies

1. FO LOSSES

a) Definition

b) Types/kinds of losses in fiber optics links

a) Attenuation (Rayleigh scattering, Absorption and leakages)

b) Dispersion (modal,chromatic and PMD) Loss budget in a fiber optic link.

1. OPTICAL FIBER COLOUR CODE

a) TIA/EIA Standard

b) Installation processes

1. CABLE PLANT HARDWARE

a) TIE/EIA Standard

b) Splice organizers and splice trays

c) Splice enclosures

d) Splice panels

e) Racks and cabinets

1. TESTING

a) Visual fault tracing

b) Visual fault locator

c) Visual connector inspection

d) Optical time-domain reflectometer (OTDR)-Using the latest OTDR win7 software with PC compact ability for our training.  How it works  OTDR parameters, specifications and graphical interpretations in finding

I. Slope of a trace

II. Frensel reflection

III. Non-reflective events

IV. Reflective index

e) OTDR limitations

f) Optical power loss (absolute and relative test)

i) Measuring Power

II. Testing Loss (single ended loss and double ended loss) DOCUMENTATION OF FIBER OPTIC INSTALLATION.

1. Intensive Laboratory Section;

2. Basic cable handling (Bend Radius Test)