A Complete Guide of Fiber Optic Connectors

 Over the past few decades, the network cabling industries manufacturers have been on the steady mission to make the best fiber connector. This means lower dB losses, very affordable and also simpler to terminate out in the field. Over the years, there have been made more than 100 connectors, but only a few have stood at the test of time and then beat out their competition till now. Fundamentally, the fiber optic quick connector is comprised of the connector body, ferrule, cable and also coupling device. The end of this fiber is placed on the end of ferrule. It is bored via the center and hence it clad the fiber. However, this would frequently minimize the scratches on the fiber.

How Does The Fiber Optic Connector Work?

In general, the optical fiber is a long thin cylindrical fiber made from plastic or glass and also seems as tiny as one tenth of the human hair. The standard telecom optic fiber is made up of three cylindrical layers such as cladding, buffer coating and fiber core. Here, the cladding and fiber core is made from silica or glass and its layers work together to confine the light within a core without even leaking. While, the buffer coating is made from plastic or acrylic and offers handling flexibility as well as physical protection for the fiber.

The main function of fiber optic connector is just as same as an electric power plug. It connects the light from one section of optical fiber to another part of the optical fiber. Since its invention, the optical fibers are very small and these connectors have to be made with top precision at the scale of 0.1um that is one hundredth of the human hair. However, this fiber optic connector offers cross connect flexibility for the telecommunication network. So, the difficult computer network can be made modular as well as simple to manage.

Great Features of Fiber Optic Mating Sleeves

Generally, the mating sleeve is term used for the female interconnections, which mate two male fiber optic connectors. Below are some of the great features of fiber optic mating sleeve that includes:

• Mating sleeves for 2.5mm or 1.25mm ferrules
• Mating sleeves align cores of terminated fiber cables
• Safeguard the metal caps available for choose adapters
• Empty l-brackets available for FC mating sleeves
• Bulkhead adapters for OEM or custom applications
• Vacuum compatible SMA mating sleeve available