Corning's OM3 and OM4 fiber performance verified by UL
June 14, 2011
The ClearCurve bend-insensitive fibers measured up to TIA and IEC bandwidth specifications.
Corning Inc. recently announced that Underwriters Laboratories (UL) verified the bandwidth performance of its ClearCurve OM3 and OM4 multimode optical fibers. In tests conducted at Corning's Center for Fiber Optic Testing, UL verified the fibers meet or exceed the bandwidth specifications of the following standards.
TIA-455-220-A Differential Mode Delay Measurement of Multimode Fiber in the Time Domain
IEC 60793-1-49 Optical Fibers Part 1-49; Measurement Methods and Test Procedures Differential Mode Delay
According to Corning, the tests were conducted using its Differential Mode Delay and associated Minimum Calculated Effective Modal Bandwidth measurements.
ClearCurve OM3 and OM4 multimode fibers are bend-insensitive, which according to Corning enables them to offer up to 10 times better bend performance than standard multimode fibers.