Optical Fiber Characteristics
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OPTICAL FIBER CHARACTERISTICS
Use the chart below to help in determining the bandwidth of a particular optical fiber.  
The information is based on Corning Optical Fibers.
Optical
Fiber
 62.5/125um
InFiniCor
300
 62.5/125um
InfiniCor
CL 100
 50/125um
InfiniCor
600
 50/125um
InfiniCor
SX+
Manufacturer
 Corning
 Corning
 Corning
 Corning
Operating
Wavelength
 850/1300nm
 850/1300nm
 850/1300nm
 850/1300nm
Attenuation
dB/km
 3.5/1dB
 3.5/1dB
 3.5/1dB
 3.5/1dB
100mbit
Fast E Max.
Link Length
 300/2000
mtrs.
 300/2000
mtrs.
 300/2000
mtrs.
 300/2000
mtrs.
1 Gigabit E
Max. Link
Length
 300/550
mtrs.
 500/1000
mtrs.
 600/600
mtrs.
 1000/600
mtrs.
10 Gigabit E
Max. Link
Length
 33/300
mtrs.
 33/300
mtrs.
 82/300
mtrs.
 300/300
mtrs.
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