URLs For Further Reading PDF
URLs For Further Reading PDF
URLs For Further Reading PDF
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B. Standards Organizations
1. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), http://www.nist.gov (creates
basic measurement standards)
2. International Telecommunications Union – Telecommunications,
http://www.itu.int/ITU-T (creates and publishes standards in all areas of
telecommunications; Series G for telecommunications; Series L for outside plant
elements)
3. Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers, http://www.ieee.org (establishes and
publishes measurement procedures for links and networks)
4. Telcordia, http://www.telcordia.com (provides generic requirements for network
elements)
5. TIA/EIA, www.tiaonline.org and www.ea.org (created and published over 120 test
specifications under the designation Fiber Optic Test Procedures or FOTP)
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http://www.lightreading.com
http://www.pennwell.com
E. Technical Journals
1. IEEE, http://www.ieee.org (e.g., Journal Lightwave Technology, Photonic
Technology Letters, Proceeding of the IEEE)
2. Elsevier, http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journal_browse.cws_home (e.g., Optical
Fiber Technology, Optics and Laser Technology)
3. Optical Society of America, http://www.osa.org/journals/osajournals/default.aspx
(e.g., Optics Express, J. Optical Networking, Chinese Optics Letters)
4. SPIE, http://www.spie.org (e.g., Optical Engineering, J. of Nanophotonics)
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3. Listing of some optical cable and component companies in India,
http://dir.indiamart.com/impcat/optical-fiber-cable.html
4. Listing of some optical cable and component companies in China,
http://www.chinasuppliers.globalsources.com/china-suppliers/Fiber-Cable.htm
5. Hitachi Cable, http://www.hitachi-cable.co.jp/en/products/optical/index.html
6. Sumitomo, www.sumitomoelectric.com/products/opticalfibercable
7. Verrillon, www.verrillon.com (supplier of specialty optical fibers and components to
the oil and gas, military, industrial and communications markets)
H. Test Equipment
1. EXFO, www.exfo.com
2. JDSU, www.jdsu.com/test_and_measurement
3. Agilent, www.agilent.com
4. Circadiant, www.circadiant.com
5. SyntheSys Research http://www.synthesysresearch.com
6. Anritsu, www.anritsu.com