Inspecting and Cleaning Optical Fiber Connectors and Adapters

Overview

This topic introduces the purpose and procedure of cleaning optical fiber connectors, as well as polluters to optical fiber connectors.

Protection of Optical Fiber Connectors

This topic describes requirements for fiber connector protection.

Tools, Equipment, and Materials

Optical connectors should be cleaned using recommended tools, equipment and materials.

Inspecting Optical Fiber Connectors

This topic describes how to inspect the end face of optical fibers using a fiber microscope.

Inspecting the Optical Fiber Link

This section describes the insertion loss and reflection requirements of optical links and the method of checking the quality of optical links for the application of 50G optical modules with the PAM4 coding technology.

Cleaning Optical Fiber Connectors Using the Cassette Cleaner

This topic describes how to clean the fiber connectors using a CLETOP cassette cleaner.

Cleaning Optical Fiber Connectors Using Lens Tissue

This topic describes how to clean the fiber connectors using lens tissue.

Cleaning Optical Fiber Adapters Using Dustfree Absorbent Swabs

This topic describes how to clean fiber adapters using dustfree absorbent swabs.