Speakers: Richard Steenbergen, nLayer Communications

Everything you ever wanted to know about optical networking but were afraid to ask. Example topics include:

How fiber works (the basics, fiber types and limitations, etc)

Working with optics (choosing the right type, designing optical networks, etc)

Optical power (understanding dBm, loss, using light meters, etc)

DWDM (how it works, muxes, oadms, amps, etc)

Dispersion (what is it, why do we care, how do we fix it)

Optical Myths (can I hurt myself looking into fiber, can I overload my optic) - See more at: https://www.nanog.org/meetings/abstra...

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