WireXpert Adapter
Encircled Flux
Compliant
Multimode
Adapters
Latest Standard
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Flux Compliant
Fiber Certification
lti-Mode Adapters
The new generation of Multimode Fiber Adapters add full
standards compliant fiber certification capability to the
WireXpert series of testers. A light source and power meter
are used to measure the power loss and length of optical
cables at 850 and 1300 nm. Certification of multimode
fibers has often been a contentious issue due to the
ction
inherent uncertainties in the measurement process.
ISO/IEC and TIA have recently adopted an Encircled
Flux (EF) standard that defines the launch condition for
the light sources used in multimode test equipment.
The WireXpert’s new EF compliant adapters give you
guaranteed compliance to the EF standard IEC 61280-4-1
Compliant to IEC- 61280-4-1 EF standards
and IEC-14763-3
Multi-mode
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IEC-61280-4-1 COMPLIANT
EF Compliance with Modally Transparent Cord
EF
Compliance with Modally Transparent Cord
The standards require the EF compliance to be guaranteed at the end of the launch cord.
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Features
• Compliant to IEC- 61280-4-1 EF standards
• Interchangeable robust SC, LC and ST adapters
• Improves repeatability of measurements
Adapter
• WireXpert
Reduces insertion loss variation
between laboratory and field instruments
• Provides troubleshooting with built-in Visual Fault Locator (VFL)
• Provides validation to different modal behaviors of various fiber optic manufacturers
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What is Encircled Flux?
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EF Compliant
Optical signals that carry information in Multi mode cabling do so in a variety of modes. Modal
behaviour is dependent on factors such as the diameter of the core (which determines the
numerical aperture), the wavelength of the light source, and launch condition of the light source
(over-filled or under-filled). Multi mode fibers used for communication typically has a core
WireXpert
is EF compliant
all the way
from the source
diameter
of 50 or 62.5µm
as compared
to Single-mode which has a diameter of 9µm. Due to the
wide diameter of the core in Multi mode fiber cables, the amount of light that gets coupled from
the light source is large, results in poor repeatability and high insertion loss variability between
fibers.
Problems with other manufacturer(s)
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EF compliance
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of modes. Modal behavior is dependent on factors such as the diameter
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designed expensive launch cords.
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of the core (which determines the numerical aperture), the wavelength
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of the light source, and launch condition of the light source (over-filled or
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Technical
Specifications
(Light
Source 850
& 1300nm)
under-fi
lled). Multimode
fiber used for
communication
typically
has a core
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diameter of 50 or 62.5μm as compared to singlemode with a diameter of
Power
-16 ~ -20 dBm
9μm. Due to the wide diameter of the core in multimode fiber cables, the
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Spectral
Width
amount
of light
that gets coupled from the ±15
light nm
source is large, resulting in
Radius(µm)
poor repeatability and high insertion loss variability between fibers.
EF Compliance
IEC 61280-4-1
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Encircled Flux is a metric defined as the integration of intensity of light coupled into the fiber as
Encircledfrom
Fluxthe
(EF)core.
template
a function of distance
It is important to define the upper and lower bounds for the
Source Flux
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Encircled
integration of intensity of light
Encircled Flux to produce reproducible launch conditions.
coupled
into
the
fi
ber
as
a
function
of
distance
from the core. It is important
The IEC 61280-4-1 standard defines these two parameters and when a curve-fitting is done
Receiver
getting
coupled
closer
to the center
of thegraph
core. as
The
lowerinboundary
to define the upper and lower bounds for the Encircled Flux to produce
with these light
numbers,
it will
result in
the familiar
EF template
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the figure. The
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The
IEC
61280-4-1
standard
defi
nes
these
two
parameters
and
when
a
Power Meter Sensitivity
-40 dB
launch condition should stay between the upper and the lower bound of the graph in order to
lower boundaries of the graph in order to be considered as
curve-fitting is done with these numbers, it will result in the familiar
EF andasthe
be considered
EF-compliant.
Power Meter Resolution
0.1 dB
template graph as shown in the figureThe upper boundary is due to more EF-compliant.
Visual Fault Locator
Wavelength
Ordering
Power Information
650 µm
0 dBm
Ordering Information
Technical Specifications (Light Source 850 & 1300nm)
Kit for EF compliant MPO testing at 850 nm and 1300 nm wavelengths with
Power
-16 ~ -20 dBm
WX_AD_EF_MM2 Encircled flux compliant multimode fiber adapter set (850nm and
dual wavelength source (850nm and 1300nm) comprising of
Spectral
Width
±15 nm
compliant
Multi-Mode fiber adapter WX_AD_MMEF
1300nm). Includes a pair of FC-SC modally transparent test cords, a pair of SC-SC tail cords 2 x EF
EF Compliance
IEC 61280-4-1
WX_AD_MMEF_KIT
2 x FC-SC
modally transparent reference cords WX_AC_MMEF_CORD_FCSC
and cleaning kit
WX_AC_LC_EF_MM_CORDKIT LC test cord kit for EF-compliant multimode adapter.
Includes a pair of modally transparent FC-LC test cords, a pair of LC-LC simplex tail cords,
a pair of interchangeable LC adapters and a pair of LC-LC duplex adapters
WX_AC_EF_MM_REFCORD_SC2 A pair of modally transparent
FC-SC test reference
WX_AD_MMEF_CORD_KIT_LC
cords and a pair of SC-SC tail cords
2 x SC-SC
tail
cords WX_AC_MMEF_CORD_SCSCLED
Source
Type
1 x SC-SC
connector WX_AC_MM_CONNECTOR_SCSC
RECEIVER
1 x cleaning
WX_AC_CKIT_SC
Dynamickit
Range
12 dB
Optional LC cord kit for testing with MMEF adapter comprising of
Power Meter
Sensitivity
-40 dB
2 x Modally
transparent
FC-LC reference cords WX_AC_MMEF_CORD_FCLC
Powersimplex
Meter Resolution
0.1 dB
2 x LC-LC
tail cords WX_AC_MMEF_CORD_LCLC
2 x Interchangeable
LC adapters WX_AC_MMEF_ADAPTER_LC
VISUAL FAULT LOCATOR
2 x LC-LC
connectors WX_AC_MM_CONNECTOR_LCLC
Wavelength
650 μm
Power
0 dBm
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