The application potential of multimode optical fiber

Market share in the 1990s

In the 1990s, multimode fiber had a stable share in the global fiber optic market. Since the mid-1990s, the global multimode fiber market has maintained a fiber usage rate of 7-8% and a sales share of 14-15%. North America is higher than this approximate average proportion.

After its rise in the 1970s

The practical stage of optical fiber in the 1970s began with the inter office relay of multimode optical fiber. For more than 20 years, new varieties of single-mode fiber have been constantly emerging, fiber functions have been continuously enriched and enhanced, and the performance price ratio has been constantly demanding. However, multi-mode fiber has not been replaced but has always maintained a stable market share and developed synchronously with other varieties. The reason is that the characteristics of multimode optical fibers precisely meet the requirements of network fibers. Compared to long-distance trunk lines, the characteristics of fiber optic networks are: relatively low transmission rates; The transmission distance is relatively short; Multiple nodes, joints, and detours; Large usage of connectors and couplers; Small scale, using a large number of light sources per unit fiber length.