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Product Application
50/125μm OM3 fiber is a graded-index multimode type featuring a 50μm core diameter and a 125μm cladding diameter.
It is a comprehensively optimized Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser (VCSEL) at the 850nn wavelength based on OM2 fiber. Asses Differential Modal Delay (DMD) test to attain the higher bandwidth and lower attenuation and realize short distance high data rate transmission (OM3 fiber in support of 10GBase-SR 300m, 40GBase-SR4 and 100GBase-SR10 100m).
The fiber is suitable for different structures of fiber optic cables, such as ribbon fiber cable, stranded loose tube cable, slotted core fiber cable, central-tube fiber optic cable, tight buffered fiber optic cable, etc., and it is compatible with other fibers that use different manufacturing technologies.
Product Features
The fiber is ideal for operating wavelengths between 850 nm and 1300nm. It optimizes Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser (VCSEL) with low attenuation and high bandwidth. Its coating protection and glass properties enjoy excellent performance.
Technical Details
Optical Properties | Conditions | Value | Unit |
Attenuation | 850nm | ≤2.80 | dB/km |
1300nm | ≤0.60 | dB/km | |
Injection Bandwidth | 850nm | ≥200 | MHz.km |
1300nm | ≥500 | MHz.km | |
Numerical Aperture (NA) |
0.200 ±0.015
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Group Refractive Index | 850nm |
1.482
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1300nm |
1.477
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Zero Dispersion Wavelength |
1295-1320nm
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Zero Dispersion Slope |
1295nm -1300nm
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≤0.001 | ps/(nm·km) |
1300nm-1320nm
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≤0.11 | ps/(nm·km) | |
Macrobend Loss, 100 Circles, 37.5mm Radius | 850nm | ≤0.50 | dB |
1300nm | ≤0.50 | dB |
Back Scattering (1300nm) | Conditions | Value | Unit |
Partial Discontinuity | ≤0.1 | dB | |
Attenuation Inhomogeneity | ≤0.1 | dB | |
Different Values of Bi-Direction and Back Scattering | ≤0.1 | dB/km |
Geometric Properties | Conditions | Value | Unit |
Core Diameter |
50±2.5
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μm | |
Core Non-Circularity | ≤6.0 | % | |
Cladding Diameter | 125±1 | μm | |
Cladding Non-Circularity | ≤2.0 | % | |
Core/Cladding Concentricity Deviation | ≤1.5 | μm | |
Coating Diameter | 245±10 | μm | |
Cladding/Coating Concentricity Deviation | ≤12.0 | μm |
Environment Properties (850nm and 1300nm) | Conditions | Value | Unit |
Additional Attenuation of Temperature | ≤0.15 | dB/km | |
Additional Attenuation of Temperature and Humidity Circle | ≤0.20 | dB/km | |
Additional Attenuation of Immersion Aging | ≤0.20 | dB/km | |
Additional Attenuation of Hydrothermal Heating | ≤0.20 | dB/km | |
Dry Heat Aging | ≤0.20 | dB/km |
Mechanical Properties | Conditions | Value | Unit |
Tension Testing | ≥9.0 | N | |
Macrobend Additional Loss | 850nm | ≤0.5 | dB |
Coating Stripping Force | Typical average value | 1.4 | N |
Peak value | ≥1.3 ≤8.9 | N | |
Dynamic Fatigue Parameter (Nd) | ≥25 |