What is a Fiber Optic Pigtail? This is a FAQ most of time. Fiber optic pigtail is a fiber optic cable terminated with a factory-installed connector on one end, leaving the other end unterminated. Hence the connector side can be linked to equipment and the other side melted with optical fiber cables. Put is simply as below:
Fiber optic pigtail = Fiber optic connector + Fiber optic cable
Fiber Optic Pigtail Types
Connector: SC/LC/FC/ST/E2000/MU/MTRJ/MPO/Outdoor/Amoured/Waterproof
Mode: Singlemode (9/125um) / Multimode (50/125um or 62.5/125um)
Cable: 0.9/2.0/3.0mm
Polishing: PC/UPC/APC
Cores: Simplex/Duplex
Cable length: optional meters
Identify Fiber Optic Pigtail by images
The most usual fiber pigtails are SC pigtail, FC fiber pigtail, ST fiber optic pigtail, LC singlemode pigtail, E2000 fiber pigtail etc.
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| SC series fiber optic pigtail singlemode | FC series fiber optic pigtail singlemode | ST fiber optic pigtail |
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LC multimode fiber optic pigtail | E2000/apc singlemode fiber optic pigtail |
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| mu fiber pigtail | mtrj Duplex optical fiber pigtail |
Fiber Optic Pigtail Splicing
Easy and Fast Fiber Termination
The quality of fiber pigtail is typically high because the connectorized end is attached in the factory, making it more accurately than a field-terminated cables. It can be attached to optical fibers by fusion or mechanical splicing. Given the access to a fusion splicer, you can splice the pigtail right onto the cable in a minute or less, which greatly speeds the splicing and saves significant time and cost spent on field termination. While for mechanical fiber optic pigtail splicing, it precisely holds a fiber optic pigtail and fiber patch cord together, the joint could be temporary or permanent, enabling light to pass from one fiber to the other. Always ordering fiber pigtail assembly a few feet more than you’ll need. The extra slack allows for splicing errors to be corrected. Besides, selecting fiber pigtail assembly with reliable quality would made the splicing process way easier.
Fiber Optic Pigtail Features
Machine polishing ensures highest quality connector terminations and performance
Low insertion and return loss
Traceable, standards-based testing procedures
Geometry compliant connector endfaces that are defect and contamination free
Fiber Optic Pigtail Applications
Termination of optical networks via fusion or mechanical splicing
Testing of optical devices
Cable acceptance testing
What is your questions about fiber optic pigtails? We will be happy to help any time.
