[c-nsp] [OT] Driving 1310nm optics through 1550nm circulators

[Niels Bakker]

* gert at greenie.muc.de (Gert Doering) [Wed 09 Jan 2008, 09:22 CET]:
>On Wed, Jan 09, 2008 at 10:04:07AM +1100, Dale Shaw wrote:
>> I need to connect some equipment (a router to a switch) via a dark 
>> fibre service. At each end, the service is presented as TX and RX on 
>> an optical circulator -- the fibre run itself is a single strand.
> What are "optical circulators"?

I think he means a diplexer such as these: 
http://www.alliedtelesyn.com/products/detail.aspx?pid=133&lid=37

Interesting that his carrier delivers them as part of their *dark* fibre 
product


	-- Niels.

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