There are numerous types of plugs and sockets to connect optical fibers, using threaded, bayonet, push-pull and snap-lock connections. The first fiber-optic connector to be standardized was SMA ...

Since the 1850s, we've been laying cables across oceans to become better connected. Today, there are hundreds of thousands of miles of fiber optic cables constantly transmitting data between nations.

Used to measure fiber attenuation and evaluate optical transmission at splices and connectors. A type of fiber-optic connector that causes two terminated fiber ends to contact each other ...