For years, fiber optics was the future. Now, it's the present, and the time has come to act if you want to make a career in this fast-growing field. "The Fiber Optics Installer and Technician Guide" is a comprehensive resource designed to prepare you for the two leading fiber optics certifications, Fiber Optics Installer (FOI) and Fiber Optics Technician (FOT). This book's practical, objective-focused coverage includes: the history of fiber optics; principles of fiber optic transmission; optical fiber characteristics, construction, and theory; safety considerations; cables, connectors, and splicing; fiber optic light sources and transmitters; fiber optic detectors and receivers; passive components and multiplexers; fiber optic links; testing equipment; techniques for testing links and cables; and, troubleshooting and restoration techniques.
- ISBN10 0782143903
- ISBN13 9780782143904
- Publish Date 1 May 2005
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 6 October 2009
- Publish Country US
- Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Imprint Sybex Inc.,U.S.
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 496
- Language English