Product Roundup: Fiber Optic Connectors and Cables
This week’s product roundup highlights fiber optic connectors and cables from leading suppliers.
Fischer Connectors’ FiberOptic Series delivers stable, high-quality solutions for optical links in harsh environments. The connectors feature a push-pull design that enables one-handed mating and unmating, a removable mono-block adapter for quick ferrule access, enabling easy cleaning and maintenance in the field, and rugged environmental protection in both mated (IP68) and unmated (IP67) conditions. They also feature low back reflection, single-mode and multimode optical fibers, UPC and APC polishing, and high-end butt-joint technology, and are rated for 1,000 mating cycles. Solutions include one-, two-, and four-fiber connectors and a hybrid connector with two fiber channels and two electrical contacts, all of which are available pre-cabled for maximum performance and installation efficiency.
Amphenol ICC’s 300G CXP2-to-CXP2 Active Optical Cable provides a cost-effective, high-performance, plug-and-play solution designed for use in demanding computing and switching applications in the datacom and industrial markets. The CXP2 form factor delivers the highest hardware faceplate port density among existing SFF industry standards, enables efficient installations and optical connectivity up to 100m, and has a two-cable structure with 12 fibers each. It also supports InfiniBand EDR data rates, is accessible through two-wire Serial Interface, and is rated for operating case temperatures spanning 0°C to +70°C.
Cinch Connectivity Solutions’ Fibreco J-Lite™ Expanded Beam Connectors provide lightweight, cost-effective solutions for outdoor-environment applications that demand high-reliability performance, including those in the broadcast, renewable energy, and military markets. Available in two- or four-channel plug or bulkhead configurations with single-mode and multimode options, these fully hermaphroditic connectors are an economical version of the Fibreco Junior expanded beam connector, are designed around MIL-DTL-83526 mechanical features, and offer a simple termination process that enables