An curved arrow pointing right. Computer science Professor Paul Barford and a team of researchers recently published the first publicly available map of the US's long-haul fiber-optic cable network.

See fiber Bragg grating. An optical fiber cable that has connectors installed on one or both ends. See "pigtail" and "patch cord" in this glossary. A range of wavelengths from 1530 to 1565 nm.

Later this year, Pasternack will launch multifiber breakout cable assemblies in 4-, 6-, 8- and 12-fiber configurations, as ...