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10 Gigabit Ethernet Aqua OM3 50/125 Fiber Optic Patch Cables

For many years 62.5/125 µm (OM1) and conventional 50/125 µm multi-mode fiber (OM2) were widely deployed in premises applications. These fibers easily support applications ranging from Ethernet (10 Mbit/s) to Gigabit Ethernet (1 Gbit/s) and, because of their relatively large core size, were ideal for use with LED transmitters. Newer deployments often use laser-optimized 50/125 µm multi-mode fiber (OM3). Fibers that meet this designation provide sufficient bandwidth to support 10 Gigabit Ethernet up to 300 meters. Optical fiber manufacturers have greatly refined their manufacturing process since that standard was issued and cables can be made that support 10 GbE up to 550 meters. Laser optimized multi-mode fiber (LOMMF) is designed for use with 850 nm VCSELs. The migration to LOMMF/OM3 has occurred as users upgrade to higher speed networks. LEDs have a maximum modulation rate of 622 Mbit/s because they can not be turned on/off fast enough to support higher bandwidth applications. VCSELs are capable of modulation over 10 Gbit/s and are used in many high speed networks. 50/125 is one of the most commonly used multimode optical fiber; the other commonly used is 62.5/125 types. The 50 and 125 is measurement by the unit micron. One meter is equal to one million micron. There is a special kind 50/125 multimode fibers, which is called OM3 50/125. People usually refer 62.5/125 as the OM1 MMF, common type 50/125 MMF as OM2, OM3 is also 50/125, but it is different from OM2 because it support 10Gig data transmission. The OM3 50/125 fiber optic cable is also called laser optimized fiber cable. Both OM1 and OM2 multimode cables use the orange color jacket (standard practice for commonly used indoor multimode), OM3 use a special color, which is called Aqua.

10G OM3 MMF
Aqua Fiber Optic Cable
Multi-mode
High speed gigabit Ethernet
Duplex
50/125
Available Connectors: LC, SC

Multimode Fiber Optic Ethernet Patch Cords 62.5/125

The equipment used for communications over multi-mode optical fiber is much less expensive than that for single-mode optical fiber.[1] Typical transmission speed/distance limits are 100 Mbit/s for distances up to 2 km (100BASE-FX), 1 Gbit/s to 220–550 m (1000BASE-SX), and 10 Gbit/s to 300 m (10GBASE-SR). Because of its high capacity and reliability, multi-mode optical fiber generally is used for backbone applications in buildings. An increasing number of users are taking the benefits of fiber closer to the user by running fiber to the desktop or to the zone. Standards-compliant architectures such as Centralized Cabling and fiber to the telecom enclosure offer users the ability to leverage the distance capabilities of fiber by centralizing electronics in telecommunications rooms, rather than having active electronics on each floor. Multi-mode fibers are described by their core and cladding diameters. Thus, 62.5/125 multi-mode fiber has a core size of 62.5 micrometres and a cladding diameter of 125 µm. In addition, multi-mode fibers are described using a system of classification determined by the ISO 11801 standard - OM1, OM2, and OM3 — which is based on the modal bandwidth of the multi-mode fiber. OM4 (defined in TIA-492-AAAD) was finalized in August 2009, and was published by the end of 2009 by the TIA OM4 cable will support 125m links at 40 and 100 Gbit/s.

Multimode
Fiber optic cable
62.5/125 micron
Duplex
Low return loss
Network telecommunications
High speed Ethernet patch cord

Singlemode Fiber Optic Ethernet Patch Cables 9/125

In fiber optic communication, a singlemode optical fiber cable is designed to carry only a single ray of light. Singlemode fiber also known as, SMF, monomode optical fiber and unimode fiber are better at retaining the fidelity of each light pulse over longer distances than multi-mode fibers.