Interactive Animations of Fiber Optic Phenomena

      Graded-Index Fiber

Step-Index Fiber

Counter-Rotating Ring Network

Pulse Spreading

Wavelength Division Multiplexed (WDM) Network

Rayleigh Scattering, Photodetector, Step-Index Fiber, Photon Absorption, Photon Amplification

Fiber Connectors, Time-Division Multiplexing, Rayleigh Scattering, Fiber Communication System

Snell's Law, Radiation at a Bend

Passive Star Coupler

Active Star Coupler

Fused Star Coupler Construction

Fused Star Coupler Construction (with sound)

Creating a Fiber Preform

Drawing a Fiber from the Preform

These demonstrations  require LabView or the LabView Run-Time Engine (RTE). The engine and installation instructions follow:

    Run-Time Engine (RTE)

    Installation Instructions for the Run-Time Engine (RTE)

    WinZip (for extracting the RTE files)

Fused Star Coupler Graphs

Fused Star Splitting Ratio

Analog Modulator Circuit Design

Four-Port Directional Coupler Calculator

Waveform Transmission Degradation

Wavelength-Division Multiplexing Demonstration

Analog Modulation of a Laser Diode

Analog Modulation of an LED

Digital Modulation of an LED
 
 
 
 
 
 

1.    Connector Losses

2.    Decibel Scale

3.    Digital Modulation

4.    Bending Loss

5.    Communication System

6.    GRIN Fiber

7.    Interference

8.    LED

9.    Material Dispersion

10.    Mode Chart

11.    Photodetector

12.    Photon Absorbtion

13.    Photon Amplification I

14.    Photon Amplification II

15.    Pulse Spreading

16.    Rayleigh Scattering I

17.    Rayleigh Scattering II

18.    Reflectance at Normal Incidence

19.    Reflectance at Arbitrary Incidence

20.    Ring Network

21.    Snell's Law I

22.    Snell's Law II

23.    Step-Index Fiber

24.    Propagating Waves

25.    Multiplexing: WDM