Nanocore™ Zip Cord Loose Tube Cable

Loose Tube Cable Features

• Cables with Improved Attenuation Available
• Low Smoke Zero Halogen Available
• Cables with Extended 10 Gigabit Ethernet Support Distances Available
• Standard Colors are Yellow for Singlemode, Orange for Multimode and Teal for 10 Gigabit

Loose Tube Cable Applications

• Ideal for MT and MTP/MPO Style Connectors
• The Optimal Cabling Solution for High Density Mainframe Data Centers, Super Computing Clusters and Parallel Optics Interconnections
• The Smallest diameter, Highest Fiber Count Cables With the Reliability Necessary for Systems With High Up-Time Expectations

Fiber Distances by Application (conventional), pre-QSFP Release
Fiber Distances & Loss Budgets by Application (Based on QSFP Rev. 1 Specification Dec. 2006)
Understanding OM1, OM2, OM3, OS1 and OS2 Glass Types

Loose Tube Cable Optical Specifications

	50/125 µm Multimode (OM2)	50/125 µm StratusClear™ Multimode (OM3)	50/125 µm ClearCurve® Multimode (OM3)
Maximum Attenuation	≤3.5 dB/km @ 850 nm ≤1.0 dB/km @ 1300 nm	≤3.25 dB/km @ 850 nm ≤1.0 dB/km @ 1300 nm	≤3.25 dB/km @ 850 nm ≤1.0 dB/km @ 1300 nm
Minimum Bandwidth (OFL)	500 MHz/km @ 850 nm 500 MHz/km @ 1300 nm	1500 MHz/km @ 850 nm 500 MHz/km @ 1300 nm	1500 MHz/km @ 850 nm 500 MHz/km @ 1300 nm
Minimum Bandwidth (RML)	510 MHz/km @ 850 nm n/a	2000 MHz/km @ 850 nm n/a	2000 MHz/km @ 850 nm n/a
Gigabit Ethernet Support Distance	600 m @ 850 nm 600 m @ 1300 nm	1000 m @ 850 nm 550 m @ 1300 nm	1000 m @ 850 nm 550 m @ 1300 nm
10 Gigabit Ethernet Support Distance	n/a n/a	300 m @ 850 nm 300 m @ 1300 nm	300 m @ 850 nm 300 m @ 1300 nm

	50/125 µm Infinicor Multimode (OM4)	50/125 µm ClearCurve™ Multimode (OM4)
Maximum Attenuation	≤3.0 dB/km @ 850 nm ≤1.0 dB/km @ 1300 nm	≤3.0 dB/km @ 850 nm ≤1.0 dB/km @ 1300 nm
Minimum Bandwidth (OFL)	3500 MHz/km @ 850 nm 500 MHz/km @ 1300 nm	3500 MHz/km @ 850 nm 500 MHz/km @ 1300 nm
Minimum Bandwidth (minEMBc)	4700 MHz/km @ 850 nm n/s @ 1300 nm	4700 MHz/km @ 850 nm n/s @ 1300 nm
Gigabit Ethernet Support Distance	1100 m @ 850 nm 550 m @ 1300 nm	1100 m @ 850 nm 550 m @ 1300 nm
10 Gigabit Ethernet Support Distance	550 m @ 850 nm 300 m @ 1300 nm	550 m @ 850 nm 300 m @ 1300 nm

	62.5/125 µm Multimode (OM1)	8.3/125 µm Singlemode (OS2)	8.3/125 µm Corning® ClearCurve® Singlemode (OS2)
Maximum Attenuation	≤3.25 dB/km @ 850 nm ≤1.0 dB/km @ 1300 nm	≤0.50 dB/km @ 1310nm ≤0.50 dB/km @ 1550nm	≤0.50 dB/km @ 1310nm ≤0.50 dB/km @ 1550nm
Minimum Bandwidth (OFL)	200 MHz/km @ 850 nm 500 MHz/km @ 1300 nm	n/a	n/a
Minimum Bandwidth (RML)	220 MHz/km @ 850 nm n/s @ 1300 nm	n/a	n/a
Gigabit Ethernet Support Distance	300 m @ 850 nm 550 m @ 1300 nm	n/a	n/a
10 Gigabit Ethernet Support Distance	82 m @ 850 nm	n/a	n/a

Loose Tube Cable Mechanical Specifications

• Bend Radius, No Load = 10x Cable Overall Diameter
• Bend Radius, Load = 15x Cable Overall Diameter

Bend Radius for Cables that Contain Corning® ClearCurve® Glass are Typically 25% to 50% Smaller than Conventional Cable Designs. Call for More Technical Details.