Fiber category
ISO/IEC 11801
EN 50173

  OM1 OM2 OM3 OS2
Standard and norms IEC 60793- 2-10 A1b 2-10 A1a 2-10 A1a.2
 2-50 B.1.3
Standard and norms TIA-EIA ITU 492 AAAA 492 AAAB 492 AAAC G.652.C
Geometrical characteristics        
Core diameter (μm) 62.5 ± 2.5 50 ± 2.5 50 ± 2.5 -
Cladding diameter (μm) 125 ± 1.0 125 ± 1.0 125 ± 1.0 125 ± 1.0
Coating diameter uncolored (μm) 242 ± 7 242 ± 7 242 ± 7 242 ± 7
Concentricity core/cladding (μm) ≤ 1.5 ≤ 1.5 ≤ 1.5 ≤ 0.6
Mode-field diameter        
At 1310 nm ( μm) - - - 9.0 ± 0.4
At 1550 nm (μm)       10.1 ± 0.5
850 dB/km ≤ 3.2 ≤ 2.7 ≤ 2.5 -
1300 dB/km ≤ 1.0 ≤ 0.8 ≤ 0.7 -
1310 dB/km - - - ≤ 0.35
1383 dB/km - - - ≤ 0.35
1550 dB/km - - - ≤ 0.21
1625 dB/km - - - ≤ 0.23
Bandwidth        
Overfilled launch (OFL) 850 nm ≥200 MHz/km ≥500 MHz/km ≥1500 MHz/km -
Overfilled launch (OFL) 1300 nm ≥600 MHz/km ≥500 MHz/km ≥500 MHz/km -
Effective laser launch
(Is assured using DMD)* 850 nm		 - - ≥2000 MHz/km -
Application links        
1Gb/s 850 nm (1000 BASE SX) 275 m 550 m 1100 m -
1Gb/s 1300 nm (1000 BASE LX) 550 m 550 m 550 m -
10Gb/s 850 nm (10 GBASE-SR) 30 m 80 m 300 m -
10Gb/s 1300 nm (10 GBASE-LX4) 300 m 300 m 300 m -
* as specified in EN 60793-1-49        

 


Connector type

  MPO LC/PC SC/PC MU/PC
Compliance IEC 61754-7
TIA 604-5		 IEC 61754-20
TIA 604-10-A		 IEC 61745-4
TIA 604-3
 IEC 61754-6
Mech./therm. Performance        
Durability (remates) 500 1000 1000 1000
Operation temperature -40° + 80 C -40° + 80 C -40° + 80 C -40° + 80 C
Colour housing        
OM1 (62,5/125μm) beige beige beige brown
OM2 (50/125μm) black beige beige brown
OM3 (50/125μm) aqua beige beige brown
OS1-2 (9/125μm) green blu blu brown
Insertion loss        
Multimode typical / max 0,20/0,50 dB 0,20/0,50 dB 0,20/0,50 dB 0,20/0,50 dB
Singlemode typical / max 0,25/0,75 dB 0,15/0,40 dB 0,15/0,40 dB 0,15/0,40 dB
Low loss typical / max 0,10/0,35 dB 0,08/0,15 dB 0,08/0,15 dB 0,08/0,15 dB
Return loss        
Multimode > 20 dB > 20 dB > 20 dB > 20 dB
Singlemode PC - ≥ 50 dB ≥ 50 dB ≥ 50 dB
Singlemode APC ≥ 55 dB ≥ 65 dB ≥ 65 dB ≥ 65 dB