GUIDELINES FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF HIGH-POWER DAMAGE SENSITIVITY OF SINGLE-MODE FIBRE TO BENDS - GUIDANCE FOR THE INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS
International Electrotechnical Committee
FOREWORD
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Background
4 Test procedures
5 Conclusions
Annex A (informative) - Robustness of fibres against
damage from exposure to high power at bends
Bibliography
Specifies two methods for the measurement of the sensitivity of singlemode optical fibres to high-power damage at bends: - test method 1 - Failure time characterisation as a function of the launch power and bend conditions (bend angle and bend diameter); - test method 2 - Equilibrium temperature measurement.
| Document Type | Standard |
| Status | Current |
| Publisher | International Electrotechnical Committee |
| Committee | TC 86 |
