ATTek
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Re: Brilliant Picture
said by raythompsontn  : Fiber does not use "green light". Incorrect. Any light will travel through a fiber for a short distance. It needn't be a laser. If the pic isn't doctored in some way, then it's likely just a green light to make a nice publicity picture. The Christmas tree question was a valid one......do you really think all of the decorations around that use fiber optic lighting are harmful to your eyes?
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Matt
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| said by ATTek :said by raythompsontn : Fiber does not use "green light". Incorrect. Any light will travel through a fiber for a short distance. It needn't be a laser. If the pic isn't doctored in some way, then it's likely just a green light to make a nice publicity picture. The Christmas tree question was a valid one......do you really think all of the decorations around that use fiber optic lighting are harmful to your eyes? Yep.
Some short distance fiber equipment even uses low-power LED lighting instead of lasers.
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bogey780
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Having any light source directed into the eyes is not a good idea. Angled light of relativistic ambient intensity is fine but directed light significantly brighter than ambient lighting can be damaging. |
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raythompsontn
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said by ATTek :said by raythompsontn : Fiber does not use "green light". Incorrect. Any light will travel through a fiber for a short distance. It needn't be a laser. Ok, then try and use "any light" to communicate through a fiber. Laser light is used because it is pure and does not suffer from degradation over distance that "any light" suffers. It is also easy to modulate the light. Try to modulate "any light" and measure your success. Try and get "any light" to travel more than a few feet through a fiber. It ain't gonna work. Again, lasers are used because the diameter of the fiber is matched to the frequency of the laser to reduce losses and interference.
For the photograph they may have used "any light" but the impression is designed to promote fiber communication and that requires a laser modulated beam. |
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raythompsontn
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said by Matt :Some short distance fiber equipment even uses low-power LED lighting instead of lasers. An LED is not just "any light" and in fact produces a narrower spectrum than just "any light".
LED's are indeed used for short length communications. To get the most distance, with minimal losses, requires the much purer light of a laser system. The characteristics of the fiber are matched to the very narrow frequency of the laser. To obtain the speeds mentioned in the article requires a laser, even for the short distances. LEDs would simply not do the job.
Fibers used on Christmas displays are not very powerful, they are not lasers, and certainly do not come close to the affects of a true green laser.
»www.mayoclinic.org/news2005-rst/2800.html
»www.electrooptics.com/features/f···ure_id=6
If you want to know about the dangers of green lasers. A web search will quickly show that green lasers, used improperly, are indeed a significant hazard.
Looking at the output end of a high speed link driven by lasers is just plain stupid. |
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Telukin
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UK | So article about fiber comms (that uses laser) coupled with a stock photo of someone holding some fiber and being illuminated by the light from it means that the light in the photo must be a laser? Come on, lighten up. |
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viperlmw
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Ever heard of 'multimode'? It uses LEDs as the light soruce, for short, in building runs, and has a larger core. 'Singlemode' fiber uses lasers. |
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raythompsontn
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| said by viperlmw :Ever heard of 'multimode'? It uses LEDs as the light soruce, for short, in building runs, and has a larger core. 'Singlemode' fiber uses lasers. Yep. Keyword in all of this is distance. Floor to floor within a building is not much distance. Distance without losses requires closely matched components. |
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raythompsontn
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said by Telukin :So article about fiber comms (that uses laser) coupled with a stock photo of someone holding some fiber and being illuminated by the light from it means that the light in the photo must be a laser? Come on, lighten up. The implication is there. And leave my weight out of this discussion. |
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hopeflicker
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said by raythompsontn :said by viperlmw :Ever heard of 'multimode'? It uses LEDs as the light soruce, for short, in building runs, and has a larger core. 'Singlemode' fiber uses lasers. Yep. Keyword in all of this is distance. Floor to floor within a building is not much distance. Distance without losses requires closely matched components. a striking resemblance of user: Signmeuptoo ,»/useremail/u/520600
hummm...
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raythompsontn
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NYR 56
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I'm impressed hopeflicker and think you hit the nail on the head. Sounds just like him.
Whoever you are, get a grip. It's obviously not a laser and if you know anything about lasers it wouldn't look like that picture. Also, you have been proved wrong, admit it, instead of rambling on with more technical posts to cover yourself. If you think people are going to go blind over a picture on DSLR then you better hope they don't venture into the rest of the internet either. |
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hopeflicker
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| said by NYR 56 :I'm impressed hopeflicker and think you hit the nail on the head. Sounds just like him. Striking, isn't it? 
Never understood why people make more than 1 account on these sites. What do you have to hide 
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raythompsontn
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Oliver Springs, TN | Well, in this case you would be markedly wrong buttermilk breath. |
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raythompsontn
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said by NYR 56 :Also, you have been proved wrong, admit it, instead of rambling on with more technical posts to cover yourself. If you think people are going to go blind over a picture on DSLR then you better hope they don't venture into the rest of the internet either. No one has proven anything about being wrong. The photo is there. It clearly shows someone looking at the output of a fiber system. High speed, long distance fiber systems are driven by laser emitters, not LED emitters.
I provided links about the dangers of green lasers. If you think they are safe then continue to shine them in your eyes. It won't bother me.
As for going blind from a photo I think that was myth perpetuated by my parents when they found that Playboy magazine. |
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hopeflicker
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said by raythompsontn :Well, in this case you would be markedly wrong buttermilk breath. relax, it's just a hunch
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raythompsontn
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| said by hopeflicker :relax, it's just a hunch I guess my amusement did not convey well in the message. I was, shall we say, "blinded by the light." |
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Matt
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| said by raythompsontn :said by hopeflicker :relax, it's just a hunch I guess my amusement did not convey well in the message. I was, shall we say, "blinded by the light." You sure you're not blinded by all that nuclear radiation in Oak Ridge?
(My daughter lives in Knoxville, so I'm familiar with the area.) |
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raythompsontn
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| said by Matt :You sure you're not blinded by all that nuclear radiation in Oak Ridge? Nah. But some could argue that I should glow in the dark just like the lady in the picture. Maybe not green but a nice shade of blue would be nice. |
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nitestop
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Ventura, CA |  reply to raythompsontn
 Yes Believe me laser damage to the eyes SUCKS.
Any laser will Damage your eyes, certain types are much more severe. It's the colors you cant see that are real bad. |
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