Multimode fiber cables
Optical Fiber Cable
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About this catalog
Smiths Interconnect carries a wide selection of multimode optical fiber cables and ribbons; only a small selection of which are
presented here. Multimode fiber (50µm/125µm) is used and can be terminated in multiple styles (MT, MPO, etc.).
For any questions or custom type optical fiber cable orders please contact your Smiths Interconnect representative or
Smiths Interconnect Sales department.
Contents
Multimode fiber cables product Table ............................................................................................ 3
General fiber optic information
Applications ............................................................................................................................. 4
Fiber types .............................................................................................................................. 4
Connector types ....................................................................................................................... 5
Fiber cleaning........................................................................................................................... 6
Application examples ................................................................................................................. 7
Optical fiber cables
Standard optical cables ............................................................................................................... 8
Optical fanout cables ................................................................................................................. 9
Optical loopback cables .............................................................................................................. 9
Optical Y-cables.......................................................................................................................10
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Optical fiber cables
Optical fiber cables product table
Part
number
Description Connector type
Length
(m)
Number
of fibers
Spring
(tension)
Key/
window
orientation
500-00002 MT F 1×12 to MT F 1×12 MT to MT 1.2 1×12 Up-down
500-00003 MPO F 1×12 to 12× FC/PC fan-out MPO to FCPC fanout 2.0 1×12 n.a.
500-00007 MPO F 1×12 to MT F 1×12 MT to MPO 1.8 1×12 Up-down
500-00017 MT F 1×12 to 12× FC/PC fan-out MPO to FCPC fanout 2.0 1×12 n.a.
500-00020 MPO F 1×12 loopback MPO loopback 0.17 1×12 Up
500-00021 MPO F 1×12 to MPO F 1×12 MPO to MPO 10.0 1×12 Up-up
500-00022 MPO F 1×12 to MPO F 1×12 MPO to MPO 15.0 1×12 Up-up
500-00043 MPO F 2×12 to MPO F 2×12 MPO to MPO 2.0 2×12 Up-down
500-00080 MT 2×12 to 2×MT 1×12 MT to MT Y-cable 0.29 2×12 Up-down
500-00085 MT F 2×12 to 2×MPO F 1×12 MT to MPO Y-cable 0.29 2×12 Up-up
500-00091 MT F 1×12 to MT F 1×12 MT to MT 1.2 1×12 √ (10 N) Up-up
500-00205
MT F 1×12 to MPO F 1×12
(with screw-in connector)
MT to MPO 1.8 1×12 Up-up
500-00207 MPO F 1×12 to 4×duplex LC MPO to LC fanout 3.0 1×12 n.a.
500-00215 MT F 1×12 to MPO F 1×12 MT to MPO 1.8 1×12 √ (10 N) Up-up
500-00219 MT F 1×12 to MT F 1×12 MT to MT 2.0 1×12 √ (10 N) Up-up
500-00250 MT F 1×12 to MPO M 1×12 MT to MPO 1.8 1×12 Up-down
500-00251 MT F 2×12 to 2×MT F 1×12 MT to MT Y-cable 0.29 2×12 √ (20 N) Up-down
500-00257 MT F 2×12 to MT F 2×12 MT to MT 0.15 2×12 √ (20 N) Up-up
500-00258 MT F 1×12 to MT F 1×12 MT to MT 0.15 1×12 √ (10 N) Up-up
500-00265 MT F 2×12 to MT F 2×12 MT to MT 0.3 2×12 √ (20 N) Up-up
500-00266 MT M 2×12 to MPO F 2×12 MT to MPO 0.15 2×12 √ (20 N) Up-up
500-00268 MT F 2×12 to MT F 2×12 MT to MT 0.15 2×12 √ (20 N) Up-up
500-00271 MT M 1×12 to MT F 1×12 MT to MT 0.14 1×12 √ (10 N spring at each end) Up-up
500-00274 MT M 1×12 to MT F 1×12 MT to MT 0.14 1×12 √ (10 N) Up-up
500-00276 MT M 1×12 to MPO F 1×12 MT to MPO 5.0 1×12 √ (10 N) Up-up
500-00277 MPO F 1×12 to MT F 1×12 MPO to MPO 5.0 1×12 Up-up
500-00279 MT F 1×12 to MT F 1×12 MT to MT 5.0 1×12 Up-up
500-00283 MT M 1×12 to MPO F 1×12 MT to MPO 0.15 1×12 √ (9.8 N) Up-up
500-00284 MPO F 1×12 to MT F 1×12 MT to MPO 0.25 1×12 Up-down
Note: All optical cables in this catalog are 50 µm/125 µm multimode OM3 fiber cables.