Hi,
I'm looking for the fibre SMF-28 attenuation vs wavelength in the range
1550 - 1630 nm. I just can find the typical 0.2 dB/km.Regards,
Stephane.
Hi,
I'm looking for the fibre SMF-28 attenuation vs wavelength in the range
1550 - 1630 nm. I just can find the typical 0.2 dB/km.Regards,
Stephane.
And your problem with that is what, precisely?
SMF-28 is a bit old-school. Not sure where to dig up a product data sheet for it at this date. Ah, here's a blast from 2002 just for that.
for the worst case, take the non-premium fiber number at 1550 and apply the attenuation .vs. wavelength adjustment to get 0.27 dB/km (and look at the typical fiber graph to extrapolate downward towards 1600)
SMF-28e+ has a currently available datasheet, which pretty much says you probably have an acceptable number already. The water-peak reduction is at shorter wavelengths than you are asking about, so it probably has little effect .vs. old SMF-28, if that is what you have.
Those are maximums, for design purposes - a link designed with those numbers and correctly installed should function. Actual attenuation could be less without violating specs.
If you have a need for "actual" rather than "maximum" attenuation, you'll have to measure it, and reduce all points of measurement error as much as possible if you feel a need for greater precision. That will tell you what the piece of cable you are measuring will do - it may not generalize to other cables well.
If you have a need for greater reliability, assume 0.25 dB/km and build in some margin.
If you have some other need, please explain it more completely, and you might get a better answer.
This link discusses attenuation .vs. wavelength somewhat generally, with graphs you might find helpful. Paste it together if it gets mangled in posting.
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