Fiber Cleaning Products

Fiber Optic Cleaning Products

Clean fiber optic components are required for an optimum connection between both active fiber equipment and passive fiber equipment.

• A 1µm dust particle on a single mode core can block up to 1% of the light (a 0.05dB loss).
• A 9µm dust or dirt particle is still too small to see without a microscope, but it can completely block the core of a single mode fiber. By comparison, a typical human hair is 50µm to 75µm in diameter.

Dust and dirt are not the only types of loss incurring contaminators. The following can be more difficult to remove than dust or dirt particles and can also induce loss and damage if not removed with proper cleaning procedures.

• Oils (frequently from human hands)
• Film residues from vapors in the air
• Coatings left after water or other solvents evaporate