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OFS Introduces AllWave One Optical Fiber [Professional Services Close - Up](Professional Services Close - Up Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) OFS, a designer, manufacturer and supplier of fiber optic network products and solutions, introduces AllWave One Zero Water Peak (ZWP) Single-Mode Optical fiber, a full-spectrum fiber that bends to network demands while lowering attenuation across the optical spectrum to improve network reliability. According to a release, AllWave One fiber improves performance for optical transmission systems operating over any part of the wavelength range from 1260 nm to 1625 nm compared to conventional ITU-T G.652.D fiber. AllWave One fiber offers exceptional performance and benefits beyond the AllWave fiber including a very low 0.18 dB/km attenuation specification at 1550 nm, a 40 percent smaller minimum bend radius, a 67 percent lower bend loss and a 33 percent improved polarization mode dispersion (PMD) link design value. Its bending performance is 33 percent better and attenuation performance is 15 percent better than AllWave+ fiber in the S-, C-, and L-bands. Like AllWave fiber and AllWave+ fiber, AllWave One fiber intermixes seamlessly with the installed base of single-mode fibers having a nominal mode field diameter of 9.2 micrometers enabling seamless splicing and faster testing and network turn-up. "OFS developed and is offering AllWave One fiber in response to customer needs for supporting more FTTx, metro, backhaul, and long haul applications that use longer bend sensitive wavelengths in outside plant cables and that need extended reach," says Pierre Marty, Vice President Global Marketing and Sales for OFS. "With its very low attenuation, lower bending loss, improved PMD performance and complete compatibility with conventional G.652.D fibers, AllWave One fiber offers dramatically improved performance in almost every characteristic over conventional single-mode fiber. The result is that AllWave One fiber can help service providers reduce overall network costs, help make cables and enclosures smaller and easier to install, while helping to improve network reliability and performance." The company noted that AllWave One fiber, with a composition of high purity synthetic silica throughout the core and cladding, has mechanical reliability and stable and permanent low loss. AllWave One fiber is manufactured using OFS' patented ZWP fiber manufacturing process, which eliminates hydrogen-aging defects and provides a 50 percent increase in usable spectrum compared to G.652.A and G.652.B fiber. AllWave One fiber features OFS' high performance D-Lux Ultra Coating for environmental protection and long-term reliability. This coating system protects the fiber, provides microbend performance even at low temperatures, and can be removed for splicing and connectorization. More information: www.ofsoptics.com. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) (c) 2014 ProQuest Information and Learning Company; All Rights Reserved. |