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Description

The Polarization Maintaining Fiber Optic Patch Cord PM980-XP FC/APC-FC/APC with a PM980-XP (970-1550nm) fiber type and 3m long patch cord is a high-quality fiber optic solution designed for precision and reliability.

Manufactured with polarization maintaining panda fiber, this patch cord is expertly terminated with a range of fiber connectors including FC, SC, LC, ST, MU, MPO, and MTP. The connectors are available with either PC or APC polishing, ensuring optimal performance for various applications. For FC connectors, options for wide key (2.14mm) or narrow key (2.02mm) widths are available, providing flexibility to meet specific installation requirements.

Engineered for versatility, the patch cord can be supplied with different types of fiber including 250um bare fiber, 900um buffered fiber, 2.0mm or 3.0mm cable, and even armored cable for enhanced durability. The TARLUZ PM patch cord is distinguished by its low insertion loss, high extinction ratio, and superior return loss, making it an ideal choice for demanding environments. Additionally, the slow axis or fast axis of the fiber can be aligned to the connector key upon request, ensuring precise alignment and performance.

With a focus on quality and performance, the Polarization Maintaining Patch Cord is designed to operate efficiently within a temperature range of 0 to +70°C, and can be stored safely in temperatures ranging from -40 to +85°C. The use of PM panda fiber from reputable manufacturers such as Nufern, Corning, Fujikura, and YOFC guarantees consistency and reliability. Whether used in high-speed transmission devices, coherent optical communications, or interferometric sensors, this patch cord delivers exceptional performance and reliability.

Polarization Maintaining Fiber Optic Patch Cord PM980-XP FC/APC-FC/APC 3m Long

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Specifications

Insertion Loss: 0.5 dB
Return Loss: 60 dB
Polarization Extinction Ratio (PER): 24 dB
Wavelength Range: 970 – 1550 nm
Numerical Aperture (NA): 0.12
Max Optical Power: 300 mW
Connector Type: FC, SC, LC
Model Based Alignment Wavelength (nm): 780, 980, 1064, 1300, 1550, 2000
Model Based Wavelength Range Options (nm): 770~1100, 970~1550, 970~1550, 1270~1625, 1440~1625, 1850~2200
Cutoff Wavelength (nm): 710± 60, 920± 50, 920± 50, 1210± 60, 1380± 60, 1720± 80
Mode Field Diameters (um): 5.3±1.0@850nm, 6.6±0.5@980nm, 6.6±0.5@980nm, 9.3±0.5@1300nm, 10.1±0.4@1550nm, 8.6@1950nm
Insertion Loss (dB) Max.: 1.0, 0.7, 0.5
Insertion Loss (dB) Typ.: 0.7, 0.5, 0.3
Return Loss (dB) UPC: 50
Return Loss (dB) APC: 60
Extinction Ratio (dB) Min.: 20, 22, 23
Extinction Ratio (dB) Typ.: 22, 24, 25
Operation Temperature (°C): 0 to +70
Storage Temperature (°C): -40 to +85
Cord Length (m): 3
Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): TL-PMPC-FCASFCAS-9830LBE/09HBE0030M
FindLight SKU: FL-24339

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Features

  • High Extinction Ratio: Ensures superior performance in maintaining polarization, crucial for high-precision applications.
  • Low Insertion Loss: Guarantees minimal signal loss, enhancing the efficiency of optical networks.
  • High Return Loss: Provides excellent signal reflection characteristics, improving overall system performance.
  • Versatile Connector Options: Available with FC, SC, LC, ST, MU, MPO, MTP, and other connector types, with PC or APC polishing.
  • Customizable Fiber Alignment: Slow or fast axis alignment to the connector key available upon request.
  • Durable Construction: Offered with 250μm bare fiber, 900μm buffered fiber, 2.0mm or 3.0mm cable, and armored cable options.
  • Wide Operating Temperature Range: Operates efficiently between 0°C to +70°C, with storage temperatures from -40°C to +85°C.
  • High Optical Power Handling: Supports up to 300mW of optical power, suitable for high-power applications.
  • Precision Key Options for FC Connectors: Available in narrow key (1.97~2.02mm) or wide key (2.09~2.14mm) configurations.
  • Quality Fiber Types: PM-S405-XP. Utilizes PM panda fiber from leading manufacturers like Nufern, Corning, Fujikura, and YOFC.

Applications

Applications of Polarization Maintaining Fiber Optic Patch Cords

  • Coherent Optical Communication Systems: Ideal for maintaining stable polarization states in coherent transmission networks, coherent receivers, optical transceivers, and long-haul fiber optic communication links.
  • High-Speed Fiber Optic Transmission: Used in high-speed optical transmission devices where low insertion loss, high return loss, and stable polarization performance are critical.
  • EDFA and Optical Amplifier Systems: Suitable for erbium-doped fiber amplifiers, fiber amplifier modules, pump laser coupling, and polarization-sensitive amplifier architectures.
  • Fiber Optic Sensors: Commonly used in interferometric fiber optic sensors, gyroscopes, acoustic sensors, current sensors, strain sensors, and precision measurement systems.
  • Fiber Optic Gyroscopes: Supports stable polarization transmission in fiber optic gyroscope systems used for navigation, aerospace, defense, robotics, and inertial sensing.
  • Interferometry and Precision Test Systems: Designed for Mach-Zehnder interferometers, Michelson interferometers, Sagnac interferometers, optical coherence systems, and laboratory optical test setups.
  • Integrated Optics and Photonic Devices: Used for connecting integrated optical chips, photonic integrated circuits, lithium niobate devices, silicon photonics platforms, and polarization-sensitive components.
  • External Optical Modulators: Ideal for connecting lithium niobate modulators, phase modulators, intensity modulators, electro-optic modulators, and high-speed modulation systems.
  • Polarization-Sensitive Test and Measurement: Suitable for optical component testing, polarization extinction ratio measurement, PM fiber alignment, optical power monitoring, and production test stations.
  • Laser Delivery and Laser Systems: Used for stable polarization delivery from diode lasers, fiber lasers, seed lasers, tunable lasers, narrow-linewidth lasers, and scientific laser sources.
  • Quantum Optics and Quantum Communication: Applicable in quantum key distribution, single-photon experiments, entangled photon systems, quantum sensing, and polarization-maintaining optical links.
  • Optical Switching Systems: Used in fiber optic switching modules, optical routing systems, polarization-maintaining switch networks, and automated optical test platforms.
  • Telecommunications Networks: Suitable for polarization-maintaining fiber interconnects in DWDM systems, coherent telecom equipment, metro networks, and advanced optical networking applications.
  • Research and Development Laboratories: Widely used in universities, photonics laboratories, optical engineering research, fiber optic experiments, and prototype optical system development.
  • Biomedical and Imaging Systems: Applicable in optical coherence tomography, biomedical sensing, spectroscopy systems, laser imaging equipment, and polarization-sensitive diagnostic instruments.
  • Spectroscopy and Analytical Instrumentation: Used in Raman spectroscopy, absorption spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy, precision optical analysis, and scientific measurement instruments.
  • Aerospace and Defense Photonics: Suitable for mission-critical fiber optic systems requiring stable polarization, low loss, high reliability, and precise axis alignment.
  • PM Fiber Component Interconnection: Ideal for connecting polarization-maintaining couplers, isolators, circulators, splitters, combiners, WDM modules, collimators, and other PM fiber optic components.
  • Visible, NIR, and Telecom Wavelength Systems: Supports applications across multiple wavelength ranges, including UV-visible, 780 nm, 980 nm, 1064 nm, 1310 nm, 1550 nm, and 2000 nm optical systems.
  • OEM Fiber Optic Module Integration: Suitable for integration into OEM photonics modules, optical instruments, communication equipment, sensor systems, and custom fiber optic assemblies.

Export & Trade Information

ECCN: EAR99
HTS Code: 8544.70.0000
Estimated US Tariff: 25%

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is a polarization maintaining (PM) fiber optic patch cord?
A polarization maintaining fiber optic patch cord is a fiber cable designed to preserve the linear polarization state of light as it travels through the fiber. This PM patch cord uses PANDA-style PM fiber and can be terminated with FC, SC, LC, ST, MU, MPO, MTP or other connector types, with PC, UPC or APC polishing options depending on the application.
What wavelengths are available for the TARLUZ polarization maintaining patch cord?
The PM patch cord is available for multiple alignment wavelengths, including 375 nm, 405 nm, 460 nm, 630 nm, 780 nm, 980 nm, 1064 nm, 1300 nm, 1550 nm and 2000 nm. Supported wavelength ranges include 350–460 nm, 400–680 nm, 460–700 nm, 620–950 nm, 770–1100 nm, 970–1550 nm, 1270–1625 nm, 1440–1625 nm and 1850–2200 nm.
What insertion loss and extinction ratio does this PM fiber patch cable provide?
Insertion loss depends on the operating wavelength. Typical insertion loss ranges from about 0.3 dB at 1300 nm, 1550 nm and 2000 nm, to 0.5 dB at 980 nm and 1064 nm, 0.7 dB at 780 nm, and up to 1.2 dB at shorter visible wavelengths. Typical extinction ratio ranges from 17 dB to 25 dB, with higher values generally available at telecom and infrared wavelengths.
Which connector types and polish options are available for this PM patch cord?
Standard connector options include FC, SC and LC, with additional connector types such as ST, MU, MPO and MTP available upon request. The patch cord can be supplied with PC, UPC or APC polishing. Return loss is typically 50 dB for UPC connectors and 60 dB for APC connectors.
Can the slow axis or fast axis be aligned to the connector key?
Yes. By default, the slow axis of the PM fiber is aligned to the connector key. Fast-axis alignment can also be requested. For FC connectors, both narrow key versions, approximately 1.97–2.02 mm, and wide key versions, approximately 2.09–2.14 mm, are available.
What applications are suitable for a polarization maintaining PANDA fiber patch cord?
This PM PANDA fiber patch cord is suitable for applications requiring stable polarization, including coherent optical communications, EDFAs, high-speed transmission devices, switching systems, external modulators, integrated optics and interferometric fiber optic sensors.
What cable jacket and fiber options are available for the PM patch cord?
The patch cord can be supplied as 250 µm bare fiber, 900 µm buffered fiber, 2.0 mm cable, 3.0 mm cable or armored cable. It uses PM PANDA fiber from manufacturers such as Nufern, Corning, Fujikura or YOFC, or another specified fiber type. The maximum optical power is 300 mW, with an operating temperature range of 0°C to +70°C and storage temperature range of -40°C to +85°C.

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