Publication

PD IEC/TR 62627-05:2013

Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components - Investigation on impact of contamination and scratches on optical performance of single-mode (SM) and multimode (MM) connectors

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Published:

31 Oct 2013

1 Scope

This part of IEC 62627, which is a technical report, summarizes the extensive industry research on development of cleanliness specifications for single-mode (SM) and multimode (MM) connectors.

The summary of the result shows Table 1.

Table 1 — Summary of the result

Samples		Scratch/Contamination/Defect	A/RL	Clause	Reference
SM/MM	Single-fibre/ multi-fibre	Scratch/Contamination/Defect	A/RL	Clause	Reference
SM PC	Single-fibre	Scratch	RL	3	[1], [5], [6]
MM PC	Single-fibre	Scratch	RL	4	[7]
SM PC	Single-fibre	Contamination	A and RL	5	[2], [6]. [8]
SM APC	Single-fibre	Contamination	A	7	[11]
SM APC	Single-fibre	Scratch	RL	7.2	[11]
SM APC	Multi-fibre	Contamination	A and RL	8	[12]

Product Details

Descriptors

Optical fibres

Optical measurement

Electronic equipment and components

Performance

Fibre optic connectors

Electric connectors

Fibre optics

Contamination

Degradation

ICS Codes

33.180.20 Fibre optic interconnecting devices

Committee

GEL/86/2

International relationships

Identical to:

IEC TR 62627-05:2013

ISBN

978 0 580 79344 8

Publisher

BSI