Introduced several years ago, MPO connectors are now widely used around the world. They are designed to reduce the amount of time required for fusion splicing individual connectors. Combining lots of fibers in one connector, the MPO connector not only greatly reduces the time of connecting fibers, but also saves a lot of space. This […]
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Introduction to MPO Fiber Testing
MPO trunk cables (see the picture below) have become the common cabling solution for the ever increasing data center bandwidth requirements. The MPO fiber cable links have the features of parallel transmission and they are compact, pre-terminated, able to handle bandwidth all the way up to 100 Gbps, and even plug and play by design. […]
Fiber Optic Cleaning and Inspection of Connectors & Adapters
Fiber optic cleaning is critical to the performance of optical communication networks. Contamination on a connector end face, even if only at the microscopic level, can create severe problems. Traditional single mode fiber optic core diameters are approximately 9 microns. By comparison, a human hair is 50 microns or larger in diameter. Contamination that blocks the […]
History of Different Fiber Optic Connector Types
Nowadays fiber optic connector comes in several varieties, including SC, ST, LC, FC, MTRJ, E-2000, MU, MPO/MTP, etc. However, choosing an optical connector was proved to be extremely difficult in the ealier fiber cabling constructions. Here lists the history of different fiber optic connector types, which could probably make some help. The ST connector is […]
What are MPO and MTP connectors?
MPO cable and MTP cable are offered for various applications for all networking and device needs like 100 Gig modules. They use a high-density multi-fiber connector (MPO connector and MTP connector) system built around precision molded MT ferrule. So what are MPO and MTP connectors? What is an MT ferrule? MT stands for Mechanical Transfer. The MT Ferrule is a […]