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Basics on Fiber optics

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Basics on Fiber optics. Wavelength Visible Infrared Longer wavelength. Engineering Notation – Numbers ≥1. Abbreviation Units Prefix Multiplier Power of 10 T Tera - x 1,000,000,000,000 x 10 12 G Giga- x 1,000,000,000 x 10 9 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Basics on Fiber optics

Basics on Fiber opticsWavelength Visible InfraredLonger wavelength

1Engineering Notation Numbers 1Abbreviation Units Prefix Multiplier Power of 10

T Tera- x 1,000,000,000,000 x 1012 G Giga- x 1,000,000,000 x 109

M Mega- x 1,000,000 x 106K Kilo- x 1,000 x 103Engineers only use powers of ten that are multiples of 3.2Scientific Notation Numbers 11,000,000,000 = 1 x 109100,000,000 = 1 x 10810,000,000 = 1 x 1071,000,000 = 1 x 106100,000 = 1 x 10510,000 = 1 x 1041,000 = 1 x 103100 = 1 x 10210 = 1 x 1011 = 1 x 100 Multiplier Power of Ten

Engineering Notation Numbers