Re: Angled Polish Connectors and DWDM

2012-09-30 Thread Daniel Griggs
We have been using APC connectors on our DWDM deployments now for about 5 years and have had no issues with it at all. Additionally, last year we engaged several DWDM system providers and one of the questions we asked them was, did they know of any issues with APC connectors especially with regar

Re: Angled Polish Connectors and DWDM

2012-09-30 Thread ML
On 9/30/2012 12:46 PM, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote: On Sun, 30 Sep 2012, ML wrote: So far our PMD testing has come back clear. How have you done the PMD testing? For verifying PMD and CD through an actual wavelength (not per-fiber, but through all the ADMs etc), I haven't really been able to f

Re: Angled Polish Connectors and DWDM

2012-09-30 Thread Mikael Abrahamsson
On Sun, 30 Sep 2012, ML wrote: So far our PMD testing has come back clear. How have you done the PMD testing? For verifying PMD and CD through an actual wavelength (not per-fiber, but through all the ADMs etc), I haven't really been able to find a good solution. Suggestions welcome. -- Mi

Re: Angled Polish Connectors and DWDM

2012-09-30 Thread ML
On 9/30/2012 6:14 AM, Aaron Glenn wrote: sent mostly towards the cladding and not the core and therefore. Indeed. I have always held the idea that APC connectors induced greater chromatic and/or polarization mode dispersion -- yet can't find any resources that claim so, nor does that fit in wit

Re: Angled Polish Connectors and DWDM

2012-09-30 Thread Aaron Glenn
On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Igor Ybema wrote: > Hi Aaron, > >> Are there situations when angled connectors are not >> to be used? Are they 'safe' or even recommended for any kind of DWDM >> application? > > To my knowledge APC is always better than PC connectors. APC are used > to eliminate

Re: Angled Polish Connectors and DWDM

2012-09-30 Thread Mikael Abrahamsson
On Sun, 30 Sep 2012, Igor Ybema wrote: To my knowledge APC is always better than PC connectors. APC are used to eliminate back reflections. Due to the angled connector reflections are sent mostly towards the cladding and not the core and therefore. I've been told this is very important in HFC

Re: Angled Polish Connectors and DWDM

2012-09-30 Thread Igor Ybema
Hi Aaron, > Are there situations when angled connectors are not > to be used? Are they 'safe' or even recommended for any kind of DWDM > application? To my knowledge APC is always better than PC connectors. APC are used to eliminate back reflections. Due to the angled connector reflections are se

Angled Polish Connectors and DWDM

2012-09-29 Thread Aaron Glenn
dear peoples of NANOG, I've always held the -- possibly completely false -- notion that angled connectors (APC) were not idea for fiber spans carrying multiple dense/DWDM wavelengths. However, after copious amounts of googling and duckduckgo'ing I cannot find an opinion or tech note one way or the