Plastic Optical Fiber

Plastic Optical Fiber

An optical fiber made of plastic. In large-diameter fibers, 96% of the cross section is the core that
allows the transmission of light. Similar to traditional glass fiber, POF transmits light (or data)
through the core of the fiber. The core size of POF is in some cases 100 times larger than glass
fiber.

 

Advantages:

  • Low cost
  • Thin, but rugged
  • Home friendly
  • Easy and safe to install
Conductor
  • Conductor size:
    • Core: 0.98 ±0.06mm,
    • Cladding: 1.0 ±0.06mm

     

  • Conductor Number:
    • 2 Core

     

  • Conductor Material:
    • Core: PMMA
    • Cladding: Fluorinated ploymer

     

  • Conductor Diamter: 1.0 ±0.03mm
Insulation
  • Insulation Material: PE
  • Insulation Nom. thickness:
    • 1.5 mm: 0.25mm
    • 2.2 mm: 0.59mm

     

  • Insulation Overrall Diameter:
    • 1.5 mm: 1.5mm(+0, -0.1) * 3.0mm (+0.1, -0.2)
    • 2.2 mm: 2.2mm(+0.1, -0.1) * 4.4mm (+0.2, -0.2)
Other
  • Attenuation: Maxinmum @650nm: 250dB/KM
  • Core refractive: 1.492
  • Cladding refractive: 1.417
  • NA: 0.47 ±0.03
  • Tensile strength:
    • >70N (for simplex)
    • >140N (for duplex)

     

  • Allowable bending radius: >30mm

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