• Fabricated from Amorphous Perfluorinated Polymer
• Low Attenuation
• Graded Refractive Index Profile
• Supports >100x Larger Bandwidths than that of Standard Step-Index POFs
• Ø2.9 mm Jacket

Thorlabs multimode, graded-index, polymer, optical fiber (GI-POF) from Chromis Fiberoptics is characterized by low attenuation and low material dispersion, thus allowing it to support high-speed Gigabit Ethernet or multigigabit applications up to 100 m or Fast Ethernet connectivity up to 200 m.

GI-POFs combine the ease of use associated with plastic optical fibers with the low loss, low dispersion, and good transmission characteristics typical of glass fibers at 850 nm and 1300 nm. Moreover, these fibers can sustain long-term bending radii as small as 5 mm, which exceeds the capabilities of glass fibers with the same core size.

GI-POF fiber is simple to terminate and the end face can be polished quickly to produce a low-loss connection. In addition, these fibers do not require special adapters in order to mate them with like core sized glass equivalent devices. Consequently, GI-POF is a direct drop-in glass fiber replacement alternative that offers a significant cost advantage.

• Attenuatoin at 850 nm: <60 dB/km
• Attenuation at 1300 nm: <60 dB/km
• Bandwidth at 850 nm: >300 MHz-km
• Numerical Aperture: 0.190 ± 0.015
• Macrobend Loss: ≤0.25 dB
• Zero Dispersion Wavelength: 1200 - 1650 nm
• Dispersion Slope: ≤0.06 ps/nm²-km
• Core Refractive Index: 1.356 (Peak) to 1.342 (Min.)
• Cladding Refractive Index: 1.342
• Core Diameter: 50 ± 5 µm
• Cladding Diameter: 490 ± 5 µm
• Core-Cladding Concentricity: ≤4 µm
• Tensile Load: 7.0 N
• Bending Radius (Long Term): 5 mm
• Jacketed Fiber Dimension: 2.9 mm
• Color: Sea Foam
• Temperature-Induced Attenuation at 850 nm (-20 to 70 °C): ≤5 dB/km
• Temperature-Induced Attenuation at 850 nm (75 °C, 85% RH, 30 Day Cycle): ≤10 dB/km