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A Little Specification Reading Before Bed


Introduction Nothing like reading ITU optical specifications to help you get to sleep after an active day. Since I have been doing some work on dispersion, let’s pull up ITU G.695 – Characteristics of Optical Systems. I want to see … Continue reading

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Magic Number Analysis – Converting Spectral Width to Sigma


Introduction Engineering seems to have a lot of “magic numbers” – numbers used in equations with no explanations of where they come from. I REALLY do not like magic numbers because years from now some other engineer will be staring … Continue reading

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