Guidance : Prof.Mrs.T.S.Khatavkar Presented by: Pranav N.

Pathak

To start with :

1. Title of the sheet 2. Date document was issued 3. Corporate contact information

Data measurement by manufacturer is done under standard conditions.

Official Name of the product

Fiber :

Provides a wide range of information

Specifies operating wavelength

Includes applications

Coating:

To protect the fiber from hostile environment.

Reduces fibers microbending sensitivity.

In order to be used in the field a fiber has to be cabled and spliced.

Process:

Manufacturer introduces fabrication process

 Attenuation coefficient

Point discontinuity

Attenuation at water peak

Specified at two different wavelengths

Absorption caused by OH- ions Incorporated in silica during fabrication

 Attenuation with bending Cable cutoff wavelength Mode Field Diameter Dispersion

The minimum wavelength at which an optical fiber will support only one propagating mode is called Cutoff wavelength. A measure of the diameter of the area in which an optical signal propagates through a singlemode fiber (SMF).

Different for a bare fiber and for a cabled fiber

 Temperature dependence
Temperature-Humidity cycling Water Immersion Heat Aging

Ambient temperature was changed through a test cycle Increase did not exceed Fiber coil is temperature 0.05dB/km cycled while maintaining Fiber coil is subjected the to relative humidity deionized water bath. Test duration : 30 days

 Proof Test Core diameter Numerical Aperture Effective group index of refraction Coating

strip force

Compare this with characteristics of copper wire.(100psi)

Inside standpoint: R.I. of this fiber is variable, Beams of different wavelengths For MM fiber NA is in the different range of 0.2 to 0.3. For R.I. plastic MM fiber it is in range 0.4-0.5.

will

meet

Outside standpoint: For connecting and splicing the fiber one has Fiber is described by one to remove the coating integrated R.I. and that is called as Effective group index of refraction.

 Bandwidth!!!! SM fibers bandwidth exceeds the bandwidth

of electronics

Latest from Corning : Corning SMF-28 ULL Optical Fiber Comparing maximum attenuation For SMF-28 : @1310nm = 0.35dB/km @1550nm = 0.22dB/km For SMF-28 ULL: @1310nm = 0.31dB/km @1550nm = 0.18dB/km

 The data sheet for a single mode fiber displays

all the information necessary for a user to evaluate the performance of this fiber and make the right decision for his or her application.

1. Djafar K. Myanbaev, Lowell L. Scheiner, Fiber-Optic Communications Technology, Pearson Education, Sixth Impression, 2009
2. www.corning.com/opticalfiber/products/SMF-28