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1. Simplex Cable with PMMA Fiber and SMA Connectors:
The simplex cable with PMMA fiber finds application for short distance analog and digital signal transmission. The step index fiber has a large area of cross-section and a high numerical aperture, facilitating easy coupling with transmitting and receiving devices. The light is guided along a fiber of one millimeter diameter to distances of a few tens of meters. The other main applications of PMMA fibers are in sensors, lightguides and displays.
Specifications of Simplex Cable:
- Core Material:PMMA (polymethyl methacylate)
- Cladding Material: Fluorinated polymer
- Fiber Structure: Step index type
- Core/Cladding Diameter: 960 microns/1000 microns
- Core Refractive Index:1.492
- Cladding Refractive Index:1.405 to 1.417
- Numerical Aperture: 0.5 (typical)
- Acceptance Angle: 55 to 60 degrees
- Attenuation (660nm): 0.3 dB/ meter
- Jacket Material:Polythene (black/red); 2.2 mm OD
Spectral Attenuation of a PMMA Fiber

Figure: Spectral attenuation of a PMMA fiber
2. Simplex Cable with GI Multimode Glass Fiber:
The simplex style cable is of the tight buffer construction with a variety of glass fibers. It is reinforced with Kevlar and a protective PVC jacket for robust lightweight applications.
The details are given below:
| Colour |
Fiber Core/Cladding |
Diameter of Cable |
Attenuation 850nm |
Bandwidth 850nm |
| Gray |
62.5/125 microns |
2.90 mm |
3.5 dB |
160 MHz-Km |
| Orange |
50/125 microns |
2.90 mm |
3.0 dB |
400 MHz-Km |
| Green |
100/140 microns |
2.90 mm |
4.5 dB |
100 MHz-Km |
| Blue |
200/230 microns |
2.90 mm |
6.0 dB |
20 MHz-Km |
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