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For Submarine Systems Transmitting at 100 Gb/s and Beyond

Overview

TeraWave® SCUBA 150 Ocean Optical Fiber is optimally designed to deliver best-in-class performance for coherent transport in submarine systems for distances up to 12,000 km with high spectral efficiency. It is fully compliant with the ITU G.654.D standard for cutoffshifted fiber.

Product Description

A breakthrough in ocean fiber technology, TeraWave SCUBA 150 Fiber offers a combination of the industry’s largest effective area, excellent cabling performance in the C- and L-bands, and world-class attenuation. These features enable reliable coherent transmission at 100 Gb/s and beyond over trans-oceanic distances at the highest channel counts. The fiber has ultra large effective area (153 μm2 ) that reduces nonlinearities, enabling the launch of higher signal power into the span, and ultra low attenuation (0.155 dB/km at 1550 nm) that reduces signal loss.

The pure Silica Core and Ultra Big Area features of the TeraWave SCUBA fiber deliver significant margin beyond that needed for transmitting 100 Gb/s over trans-Pacific distances. The additional margin can be used to upgrade to denser signal constellations for increased spectral efficiency as new transponders become commercially available.

TeraWave SCUBA Fiber is manufactured using OFS’ proprietary manufacturing process, which produces ultra-low polarization mode dispersion (PMD) and exceptional resistance to mechanical stress.

Features/Benefits:

  • Effective area of 153 μm2
  • Nominal loss of 0.155 dB/km at 1550 nm
  • Enables launch of higher signal power into the span
  • Enable higher transmission speeds with more wavelengths over trans-oceanic distances
  • Reduces amplifier noise in the C- and L-bands
  • Supports polarization-multiplexed, coherent transport using high spectral efficiency modulation formats
  • Proof tested to 200 kpsi to help ensure long-term reliability under extreme conditions
Applications
  • Ultra-long haul networks using advanced modulation formats and coherent detection such as transoceanic networks
  • Applications without repeaters, such as coastal festoons and deep-water crossings
Unit of Measure

Specifications

Single-Mode or Multimode

 N/A Single-Mode

Applications

 N/A Applications without repeaters Ocean - Ultra-long haul networks

Bend Performance

 N/A Low Loss Ultra Large Effective Area

Transmission Characteristics

Attenuation @ 1550 nm (nominal)

 N/A 0.155 dB/km

Dispersion @1550 nm (nominal)

 N/A 22 ps/(nm·km)
Mode Field Diameter at 15501 N/A 13.8 µm

Effective Area (nominal)

 N/A 153 µm2

Cable Cutoff Wavelength (max)

 N/A 1530 nm
PMD @ 1550 nm (nominal)2 N/A 0.02 ps/√km

Effective Group Index of Refraction

 N/A 1.465 at 1550 nm

Point Discontinuties at 1550 nm

 N/A < 0.10 dB

Geometrical Characteristics

Clad Diameter

 N/A 125 ± 0.7 µm

Coating Diameter, uncolored

 N/A 255 µm

Coating/Clad Concentricity Error (max)

 N/A ≤ 12 µm

Mechanical and Other

Tensile Proof Test (min)

 N/A 200 kpsi

Dynamic Fatigue Parameter (Nd)

 N/A ≥ 20

Coating Strip Force (Mechanical)

 N/A 1.0 to 8.9 N

Colors

 N/A 16 colors available (including olive, lime, magenta, and tan)

Matching Sets

 N/A Yes

How To Order:

Order From Location

 N/A 1 Brightwave Blvd.Carrollton, GA 30117, USA 1-770-798-5555 from outside the USA 1-888-fiberhelp (1-888-342-3743) from inside the USA CARROLLTON LOCATION
  • 1 Lower mode field diameters are available to accommodate specific cable design requirements
  • 2 Low Mode Coupling (LMC) measurements