Pasternack Single mode Fiber Optic Cables 8.3 / 125 UPC
Single mode fiber optic cable 8.3 / 125 is a single strand of glass fiber with a center layer diameter of 8.3 microns (total diameter of 125 microns) that has one mode of transmission. Single mode fiber optic cables have a relatively narrow diameter through which only one mode will propagate. Pasternack single mode fiber optic cable can carry higher bandwidth than multimode, but single mode requires a light source with a narrow spectral width.
Because fiber optic cable single mode is often used in applications where data is sent at multi frequency wave division multiplexing (WDM), only one cable is needed as in single mode on one single fiber. Pasternack Single mode fiber optic cable gives you a higher transmission rate and up to 50 times more distance than multimode. Also, single mode fiber cable has a much smaller core than Multimode.
A smaller core and single light wave on the single mode fiber optic virtually eliminates any distortion that could result from overlapping light pulses. Single mode fiber optic cable provides the least signal attenuation and the highest transmission speeds of any fiber cable type.
Single mode fiber optic cables from Pasternack are available in both UPC and APC types. Mode Conditioning cables are available, which transitions Single Mode to Multimode Fiber in one fiber of a duplex assembly.