FIBER OPTIC CABLE ASSEMBLIES

FIBERNET has long been known for the highest quality standards as a supplier of custom fiber optic cable assemblies and components. Fibernet cable assemblies are manufactured using the highest quality fiber optic connectors and cable available, to full Telcordia standards. Every cable assembly receives the utmost attention in termination and inspection including:

Full epoxy cure at optimum temperature for best mechanical properties

Three stage machine polishing

Microscopic visual inspection

Interferometric inspection of fiber end faces

Insertion and reflection loss testing

Application Note:

Telecommunication's fiber optic cable assemblies are required in many installations where facilities are being optically interconnected to the public network.

To meet the stringent technical requirements of high data rate optical systems, it is essential that cable assemblies be manufactured to standards compatible with the fiber network operated by the telephone systems.

Telecommunications grade cables incorporate single mode fibers and special low-loss polishing to assure the ultimate in low insertion loss and reduced reflection.

The wavelengths used in optical fiber transmissions is not part of the visible light spectrum. Occasionally, visible light is used to trouble-shoot cable assemblies to determine if they are broken, or to distinguish one from another. However, the lasers themselves use lower frequency energy and a correspondingly longer wavelength. The reason that minimizing back reflection is so important is to extend the useful life of the source laser. Laser energy sources are expensive to replace. Single-mode technology typically uses a laser as a light source and multimode typically uses a far less expensive LED