YOFC fiber-optic cable suits Gigabit Ethernet apps

The 407WY graded-index multimode fiber-optic cable from Yangtze Optical Fiber and Cable Co. Ltd is suited for operation over the 850nm and 1,300nm wavelengths, and can be used to deliver video, voice, and data services in GbE systems.

It has a core and cladding diameter of 505m and 1255m, respectively. Attenuation is <2.3dB/km at 850nm with a bandwidth of 500MHz. The cable has a numerical aperture of 0.20 and an effective group index of 1.482 (850nm) or 1.477 (1,300nm).