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Fiber Optic Performance Testing Services

We help the information and communications technology industry assess fiber optic products to various standards as well as proprietary specifications.

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Understanding the variety of fiber optic testing standards

Manufacturers of fiber optic products must demonstrate compliance to various safety and performance standards and requirements in order to achieve market access goals and build customer trust.

UL Solutions can assess fiber optic products, including but not limited to optical fibers, optical fiber cables, optical connectors, optical splitters/couplers, optical distribution boxes and fiber terminal boxes, for performance and reliability to any published industry standard, such as UL Standards, as well as to your company’s proprietary specifications.

Common published standards for fiber optic products covered by UL Solutions testing services include:

ANSI ICEA S-87-640 Standard for Optical Fiber Outside Plant Communications Cable
GR-20 Generic Requirements for Optical Fiber and Optical Fiber Cable
GR-326 Generic Requirements for Single-mode Optical Connectors and Jumper Assemblies
GR-409 Generic Requirements for Indoor Fiber Optic Cable
GR-771 Generic Requirements for Fiber Optic Splice Closures
GR-1081 Generic Requirements for Field-Mountable Optical Fiber Connectors
GR-1209 Generic Requirements for Passive Optical Components
GR-1221 Generic Reliability Assurance Requirements for Passive Optical Components
GR-1435 Generic Reliability for Multi-Fiber Optical Connectors (MPO, MTP, MMC, etc. used in Data Centers)
GR-2866 Generic Requirements for Optical Fiber Fanouts
GR-3120 Generic Requirement for Hardened Fiber Optic Connectors (HFOCs) and Hardened Fiber Optic Adapters (HFOAs)
IEC 60793-1-20 Optical fibers – Measurement methods and test procedures – Fiber geometry
IEC 60793-1-31 Optical fibers – Measurement methods and test procedures –Tensile strength
IEC 60793-1-32 Optical fibers – Measurement methods and test procedures – Coating strip ability
IEC 60793-1-40 Optical fibers – Attenuation measurement methods
IEC 60793-1-44 Optical fibers – Measurement methods and test procedures – Cut-off wavelength
IEC 60793-1-45 Optical fibers - Measurement methods and test procedures – Mode field diameter
IEC 60793-1-47 Optical fibers – Measurement methods and test procedures – Macro bending loss
IEC 60793-1-48 Optical fibers – Measurement methods and test procedures – Polarization mode dispersion

IEC 60793-1-49 Measurement Methods and Test Procedures - Differential Mode Delay
IEC 60794-2-10 Optical Fiber Cables – Part 2-10 Indoor Cables – Family specification for simplex and duplex cables
IEC 60794-2-20 Optical Fiber Cables – Part 2-20 Indoor Cables – Family specification for multi-fiber optical cables
IEC 60794-3-10 Optical Fiber Cables – Part 3-10 Outdoor cables – Family specification for duct, directly buried or lashed aerial optical telecommunication cables
IEC 60794-3-11 Optical Fiber Cables – Part 3-11 Outdoor Cables – Product specification for duct, directly buried, and lashed aerial cables single-mode optical fiber telecommunications cable
IEC 61753-021-02 Fiber optic interconnecting devices and passive components – Performance standard – single-mode fiber optic connectors for Category C – Controlled environment
IEC 61753-022-2 Fiber optic interconnecting devices and passive components – Performance standard – Fiber optic connectors terminated on multimode fiber for category C – Controlled environment
IEC 61753-021-3 Fiber optic interconnecting devices and passive components Performance standard – single-mode fiber optic connectors for Category U – Uncontrolled environment
IEC 61753-031-2 Fiber optic interconnecting devices and passive components – Performance standard – Non-connectorized single-mode 1×N and 2×N non-wavelength - selective branching devices for Category C – Controlled environment
IEC 61753-031-3 Fiber optic interconnecting devices and passive components – Performance standard – Non-connectorized single-mode 1×N and 2×N non-wavelength-selective branching devices for Category U – Uncontrolled environment
ISO 24581 Road vehicles — General requirements and test methods of in-vehicle optical harnesses for up to 100 Gbit/s communication

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