Patchcords

The most commonly used connectors are LC, SC, E2000, ST, FC, but there are also many others, MTRJ, VF-45, SMA, and others. An important parameter of fiber optic connectors is the way of grinding their ferrule, for most connectors PC/UPC grinding is more common, but typically for E2000 connectors APC angle grinding is the most common, which allows to achieve better reflected signal attenuation parameters. APC grinding is used for singlemode fibers with few exceptions.

Optical fibers can be either singlemode (9um core) or multimode OM1 (62.5um core), OM2 (50um core), OM3, OM4. OM3 and OM4 fibres have a core diameter of 50um, as is the case with OM2, but due to improved transmission parameters it is possible to transmit signals over longer distances. A special case is the OM5 fibre, which has the same parameters as the OM4 fibre in the case of 850nm wavelength communication, but is optimised for multimode wavelength division multiplexing, SWDM technology. Colours of patch cords in our standard offer - singlemode OS2 yellow, multimode OM1 and OM2 orange, multimode OM3 and OM4 aqua or purple, OM5 light green (lime green). The type of interconnect cable can also be distinguished by the colour of the connectors, singlemode PC connectors are blue, singlemode APC green and multimode OM1 and OM2 connectors are beige, OM3 and OM4 aqua or purple, OM5 is light green. However, the type of fibre used is decisive for the function of a particular cable.

The interconnect cables listed on our website are standard mass-produced lengths in common connector combinations. If required, we will be happy to provide you with a quotation for a different design according to your requirements.