Experior Photonics: Test Services for Fiber Optics

Telecom Testing Services for Fiber Optics

Experior Photonics provides qualification and design verification testing services for fiber optic components (optical fiber and cable, connectors, cable assemblies, filters, splitters, WDM and DWDM devices, isolators, etc) and systems in accordance with many Telcordia generic requirements and Fiber Optic Test Procedures (FOTPs).

Experior Photonics is approved by Verizon under the ITL FOC Certification program to perform Fiber Optical Component testing to the following standards at its Newbury Park, California laboratory:

GR-326-CORE, Generic Requirements for Single Mode Optical Connectors and Jumper Assemblies, Issue 3, September 1999 and Issue 2, December 1996
GR-1221-CORE, Generic Reliability Assurance Requirements for Passive Optical Components, Issue 2, January 1999
GR-1209-CORE, Generic Requirements for Passive Optical Components, Issue 3, March 2001

In addition to the Telcordia Generic requirements standards listed above, Experior Photonics has capabilities to conduct tests in accordance with the following standards:

GR-20-CORE	Optical Fiber and Optical Fiber Cable
GR-910-CORE	Fiber Optic Attenuators (IL/RL environmental screening)
GR-1073-CORE	Fiber Optic Switches (IL/RL environmental testing)
GR-468-CORE	Reliability Assurance Requirements for Optoelectronics Devices used in Telecommunications Equipment
GR-2883-CORE	Generic Requirements for Fiber Optic Filters
GR-2979-CORE	Generic Requirements for Optical Add-Drop Multiplexers
GR-409-CORE	Generic Requirements for Premises Fiber Optic Cable
GR-1435-CORE	Generic Requirements for Multi-Fiber Optical Connectors
GR-196-CORE	Generic Requirements for Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR)-Type Equipment
GR-2866-CORE	Generic Requirements for Optical Fiber Ribbon Fanouts
GR-3120-CORE	Generic Requirements for Hardened Fiber Optic Connectors (HFOCs)

Experior Photonics can conduct testing of fiber optic components in accordance with the following TIA test procedures (Fiber Optic Test Procedures FOTPs):

TIA/EIA-568-B.3 Optical Fiber Cabling Components Standard

Experior Photonics conducts testing of fiber optic cable in compliance with the following TIA standards:

TIA/EIA-455-1	FOTP-1 CABLE FLEXING FOR FIBER OPTIC INTERCONNECTING DEVICES
TIA/EIA-455-2	IMPACT TEST MEASUREMENTS FOR FIBER OPTIC DEVICES - FOTP-2
TIA/EIA-455-3	PROCEDURE TO MEASURE TEMPERATURE CYCLING EFFECTS ON OPTICAL FIBERS, OPTICAL CABLE, AND OTHER PASSIVE FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS FOTP-3 SEE ALSO TIA SP 1768
TIA/EIA-455-4	FOTP-4 FIBER OPTIC COMPONENT TEMPERATURE LIFE TEST
TIA/EIA-455-5	HUMIDITY TEST PROCEDURE FOR FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS - FOTP-5
TIA/EIA-455-6	FOTP-6 CABLE RETENTION TEST PROCEDURE FOR FIBER OPTIC CABLE INTERCONNECTING DEVICES
TIA/EIA-455-7	FOTP-7 NUMERICAL APERTURE OF STEP-INDEX MULTIMODE OPTICAL FIBERS BY OUTPUT FAR-FIELD RADIATION PATTERN MEASUREMENT *SEE ALSO NECA/FOA 301*
TIA/EIA-455-8	MEASUREMENT OF SPLICE OR CONNECTOR LOSS AND REFLECTANCE USING AN OTDR
TIA/EIA-455-9	FIBER OPTIC TEST PROCEDURE FOR BUNDLE CONNECTOR
TIA/EIA-455-11	VIBRATION TEST PROCEDURE FOR FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS AND CABLES FOTP-11
TIA/EIA-455-12	FLUID EMMERSION TEST PROCEDURE FOR FIBER OPTIC
TIA/EIA-455-13	VISUAL AND MECHANICAL INSPECTION OF FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS, DEVICES, AND ASSEMBLIES
TIA/EIA-455-14	FIBER OPTIC SHOCK TESTS (SPECIFIED PULSE)
TIA/EIA-455-15	FOTP-15 ALTITUDE/IMMERSION OF FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS
TIA/EIA-455-16	SALT SPRAY (CORROSION) TEST FOR FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS - FOTP-16
TIA/EIA-455-17A	MAINTENANCE AGING OF FIBER OPTIC CONNECTORS AND TERMINATED CABLE ASSEMBLIES
TIA/EIA-455-18	ACCELERATION TESTING OF FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS AND
TIA/EIA-455-20	FOTP-20 IEC 60793-1-46 OPTICAL FIBRES - PART 1-46: MEASUREMENT METHODS AND TEST PROCEDURES - MONITORING OF CHANGES IN OPTICAL TRANSMITTANCE (SEE ALSO NECA/FOA 301)
TIA/EIA-455-21	MATING DURABILITY OF FIBER OPTIC INTERCONNECTING DEVICES
TIA/EIA-455-22	FOTP-22 AMBIENT LIGHT SUSCEPTIBILITY OF FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS
TIA/EIA-455-23	AIR LEAKAGE TESTING OF FIBER OPTIC COMPONENT SEALS
EIA/TIA-455-24	FOTP-24 WATER PEAK ATTENUATION MEASUREMENT OF SINGLE-MODE
TIA/EIA-455-25	IMPACT TESTING OF OPTICAL FIBER CABLES
TIA/EIA-455-26	CRUSH RESISTANCE OF FIBER OPTIC CABLE INTERCONNECTING DEVICES
TIA/EIA-455-27	METHODS FOR MEASURING OUTSIDE (UNCOATED) DIAMETER OF OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE FIBERS
TIA/EIA-455-28	FOTP-28 MEASURING DYNAMIC STRENGTH AND FATIGUE PARAMETERS OF OPTICAL FIBERS BY TENSION
TIA/EIA-455-29	REFRACTIVE INDEX PROFILE TRANSVERSE INTERFERENCE
TIA/EIA-455-30	FREQUENCY DOMAIN MEASUREMENT OF MULTIMODE OPTICAL FIBER INFORMATION TRANSMISSION CAPACITY
TIA/EIA-455-31	FOTP-31 PROOF TESTING OPTICAL FIBERS BY TENSION
TIA/EIA-455-32	FOTP 32, FIBER OPTIC CIRCUIT DISCONTINUITIES
TIA/EIA-455-33	FOTP-33 OPTICAL FIBER CABLE TENSILE LOADING AND BENDING TEST
TIA/EIA-455-34	INTERCONNECTION DEVICE INSERTION LOSS TEST
TIA/EIA-455-35	FIBER OPTIC COMPONENT DUST (FINE SAND) TEST
TIA/EIA-455-36	TWIST TEST FOR FIBER OPTIC CONNECTING DEVICES - CONNECTING DEVICES
TIA/EIA-455-37	FOTP-37 LOW OR HIGH TEMPERATURE BEND TEST FOR FIBER OPTIC CABLE
TIA/EIA-455-38	FOTP-38 MEASUREMENT OF FIBER STRAIN IN CABLES UNDER TENSILE LOAD
TIA/EIA-455-39	FOTP-39 OPTICAL FIBER CABLE WATER WICKING TEST
TIA/EIA-455-40	FLUID IMMERSION TEST FOR FIBER OPTIC CABLE
TIA/EIA-455-41	COMPRESSIVE LOADING RESISTANCE OF FIBER OPTIC CABLES
EIA/TIA-455-42A	OPTICAL CROSSTALK IN FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS
TIA/EIA-455-44	FOTP-44 REFRACTIVE INDEX PROFILE, REFRACTED RAY METHOD
TIA/EIA-455-45	MICROSCOPE METHOD FOR MEASURING FIBER GEOMETRY OF OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE FIBERS
TIA/EIA-455-46	SPECTRAL ATTENUATION MEASUREMENT FOR LONG-LENGTH,
TIA/EIA-455-47	OUTPUT FAR-FIELD RADIATION PATTERN MEASUREMENT
TIA/EIA-455-48	FOTP-48 MEASUREMENT OF OPTICAL FIBER CLADDING DIAMETER USING LASER-BASED INSTRUMENTS
TIA/EIA-455-49	PROCEDURE TO MEASURE NUCLEAR RADIATION EFFECTS IN
TIA/EIA-455-51	PULSE DISTORTION MEASUREMENT OF MULTIMODE GLASS OPTICAL FIBER INFORMATION TRANSMISSION CAPACITY
TIA/EIA-455-52	MEATHOD FOR MEASURING TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
TIA/EIA-455-53	ATTENUATION BY SUBSCRIPTION MEASUREMENT FOR MULTI-
TIA/EIA-455-54	MODE SCRAMBLER REQUIREMENTS FOR OVERFILLED LAUNCHING CONDITIONS TO MULTIMODE FIBERS
TIA/EIA-455-55	METHODS FOR MEASURING THE COATING GEOMETRY OF OPTI
TIA/EIA-455-56	FOTP-56 TEST METHOD FOR EVALUATING FUNGUS RESISTANCE OF OPTICAL FIBER AND CABLE
TIA/EIA-455-57	FOTP-57 PREPARATION AND EXAMINATION OF OPTICAL FIBER ENDFACE FOR TESTING PURPOSES
TIA/EIA-455-58	CORE DIAMETER MEASUREMENT OF GRADED-INDEX OPTICAL-
TIA/EIA-455-59	OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY
TIA/EIA-455-60	OTDR MEASUREMENT OF FIBER OPTIC CABLE LENGTH
TIA/EIA-455-62	FOTP-62 IEC-60793-1-47 OPTICAL FIBRES - PART 1-47: MEASUREMENT METHODS AND TEST PROCEDURES - MACROBENDING LOSS
TIA/EIA-455-63	TORSION TEST FOR OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE FIBER
TIA/EIA-455-64	PROCEDURE FOR MEASURING RADIATION-INDUCED ATTENUATION IN OPTICAL FIBERS AND OPTICAL CABLES
TIA/EIA-455-65	OPTICAL FIBER FLEXURE TEST
TIA/EIA-455-66	TEST METHOD FOR MEASURING RELATIVE ABRASION RESISTANCE OF OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE COATING AND BUFFERS
TIA/EIA-455-67	FOTP-67 IEC-60793-1-51 OPTICAL FIBRES - PART 1-51: MEASUREMENT METHODS AND TEST PROCEDURES - DRY HEAT (ALSO SEE NECA/FOA 301)
TIA/EIA-455-68	OPTICAL FIBER MICROBEND TEST PROCEDURE
TIA/EIA-455-69	TEST PROCEDURE FOR EVALUATING THE EFFECT OF MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM EXPOSURE TEMPERATURES ON THE OPTICAL PERFORMANCE OF OPTICAL FIBERS
TIA/EIA-455-71	FOTP-71 - PROCEDURE TO MEASURE TEMPERATURE-SHOCK EFFECTS ON FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS
TIA/EIA-455-72	FOTP-72, PROCEDURE FOR ASSESSING TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY CYCLING EXPOSURE EFFECTS ON OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF OPTICAL FIBERS
TIA/EIA-455-73	FOTP-73 PROCEDURE FOR ASSESSING TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY CYCLING EXPOSURE EFFECTS ON MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF OPTICAL FIBERS
TIA/EIA-455-74	FOTP-74 IEC-60793-1-53 OPTICAL FIBRES - PART 1-53: MEASUREMENT METHODS AND TEST PROCEDURES - WATER IMMERSION
TIA/EIA-455-78	FOTP-78 IEC 60793-1-40 OPTICAL FIBRES - PART 1-40: MEASUREMENT METHODS AND TEST PROCEDURES - ATTENUATION
TIA/EIA-455-80	FOTP-80 IEC-60793-1-44 OPTICAL FIBRES - PART 1-44: MEASUREMENT METHODS AND TEST PROCEDURES - CUT-OFF WAVELENGTH
TIA/EIA-455-81	COMPOUND FLOW (DRIP) TEST FOR FILLED FIBER OPTIC CABLE
TIA/EIA-455-82	FLUID PENETRATION TEST FOR FLUID-BLOCKED FIBER OPTIC CABLE
TIA/EIA-455-83	CABLE TO INTERCONNECTING DEVICE AXIAL COMPRESSIVE LOADING
TIA/EIA-455-84	FOTP-84 JACKET SELF-ADHESION (BLOCKING) TEST FOR FIBER OPTIC CABLE
TIA/EIA-455-85	FOTP-85 FIBER OPTIC CABLE TWIST TEST
TIA/EIA-455-86	FOTP-86 FIBER OPTIC CABLE JACKET SHRINKAGE
TIA/EIA-455-87	FOTP-87 FIBER OPTIC CABLE KNOT TEST
TIA/EIA-455-88	FIBER OPTIC CABLE BEND TEST
TIA/EIA-455-89	FOTP-89 OPTICAL FIBER CABLE JACKET ELONGATION AND TENSILE STRENGTH
TIA/EIA-455-91	FOTP-91 FIBER OPTIC CABLE TWIST-BEND TEST
TIA/EIA-455-94	FIBER OPTIC CABLE STUFFING TUBE COMPRESSION
TIA/EIA-455-95	FOTP-95 ABSOLUTE OPTICAL POWER TEST FOR OPTICAL FIBERS AND CABLES
TIA/EIA-455-97	STATIC FATIGUE PARAMETERS OF OPTICAL FIBERS BY TWO-POINT BENDING
TIA/EIA-455-98	FIBER OPTIC CABLE EXTERNAL FREEZING TEST
TIA/EIA-455-99	GAS FLAME TEST, SPECIAL PURPOSE FIBER OPTIC CABLE
TIA/EIA-455-100	FOTP-100 GAS LEAKAGE TEST FOR GAS - BLOCKED FIBER OPTIC CABLES
TIA/EIA-455-101	FOTP-101 ACCELERATED OXYGEN AGING OF FIBER OPTIC CABLES AND DEVICES
TIA/EIA-455-103	BUFFERED FIBER BEND TEST
TIA/EIA-455-104	FOTP-104 FIBER OPTIC CABLE CYCLIC FLEXING TEST
TIA/EIA-455-107	FOTP-107 DETERMINATION OF COMPONENT REFLECTANCE OR LINK/SYSTEM RETURN LOSS USING A LOSS TEST SET (ALSO SEE NECA/FOA 301)
TIA/EIA-455-113	POLARIZATION-MODE DISPERSION MEASUREMENT FOR SINGLE-MODE OPTICAL FIBERS BY WAVELENGTH SCANNING
TIA/EIA-455-126	SPECTRAL CHARACTERIZATION OF LEDS
TIA/EIA-455-128	FOTP 128 PROCEDURES FOR DETERMINING THRESHOLD CURRENT OF SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS *ALSO SEE NECA/FOA 301*
TIA/EIA-455-129	FOTP-129 PROCEDURES FOR APPLYING HUMAN BODY MODEL ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE STRESS TO PACKAGE OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENTS
TIA/EIA-455-157	MEASUREMENT OF POLARIZATION DEPENDENT LOSS (PDL) OF SINGLE-MODE FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS
TIA/EIA-455-158	FOTP-158 - MEASUREMENT OF BREAKAWAY FRICTIONAL FORCE IN FIBER OPTIC CONNECTOR ALIGNMENT SLEEVES
TIA/EIA-455-160	FOTP-160 IEC-60793-1-50 OPTICAL FIBRES - PART 1-50: MEASUREMENT METHODS AND TEST PROCEDURES - DAMP HEAT (STEADY STATE) *THIS STANDARD REPLACES TIA/EIA-455-161* (SEE ALSO NECA/FOA 301)
TIA/EIA-455-162	FOTP-162 FIBER OPTIC CABLE TEMPERATURE-HUMIDITY CYCLING
TIA/EIA-455-164	SINGLE-MODE FIBER, MEASUREMENT OF MODE FIELD DIAMETER BY FARFIELD SCANNING
TIA/EIA-455-165	SINGLE-MODE FIBER, MEASUREMENT OF MODE FIELD DIAMETER BY NEAR-FIELD SCANNING
TIA/EIA-455-166	SINGLE-MODE FIBER, MEASUREMENT OF MODE FIELD DIAMETER BY TRANSVERSE OFFSET
TIA/EIA-455-167	MODE FIELD DIAMETER MEASUREMENT - VARIABLE APERTURE METHOD IN THE FARFIELD
TIA/EIA-455-168	CHROMATIC DISPERSION MEASUREMENT OF MULTIMODE GRADED-INDEX AND SINGLE-MODE OPTICAL FIBERS BY SPECTRAL GROUP DELAY MEASUREMENT IN THE TIME DOMAIN
TIA/EIA-455-169	CHROMATIC DISPERSION MEASUREMENT OF OPTICAL FIBERS BY THE PHASE- SHIFT METHOD
TIA/EIA-455-171	FOTP 171 ATTENUATION BY SUBSTITUTION MEASUREMENT FOR SHORT-LENGTH MULTIMODE GRADED-INDEX AND SINGLE-MODE OPTICAL FIBER CABLE ASSEMBLIES
TIA/EIA-455-172	FOTP-172 FLAME RESISTANCE OF FIREWALL CONNECTOR (ALSO SEE NECA/FOA301)
TIA/EIA-455-173	COATING GEOMETRY MEASUREMENT FOR OPTICAL FIBER SIDE-VIEW METHOD
TIA/EIA-455-174	MODE FIELD DIAMETER OF SINGLE-MODE OPTICAL FIBER BY KNIFE-EDGE SCANNING IN THE FAR FIELD
TIA/EIA-455-175	FOTP-175 IEC-60793-1 OPTICAL FIBRES - PART 1-42: MEASUREMENT METHODS AND TEST PROCEDURES - CHROMATIC *SEE ALSO IEC 60793-1SEE EIA/TIA-455-175 FOR HIST** (SEE ALSO NECA/FOA 301)
TIA/EIA-455-176	FOTP-176 IEC-60793-1-20 OPTICAL FIBRES - PART 1-20: MEASUREMENT METHODS AND TEST PROCEDURES - FIBRE GEOMETRY (SEE ALSO NECA/FOA 301 & IEC 60793-1-20)
TIA/EIA-455-177	FOTP-177 IEC-60793-1-43 OPTICAL FIBRES - PART 1-43: MEASUREMENT METHODS AND TEST PROCEDURES - NUMERICAL APERTURE *SEE ALSO NECA/FOA 301*
TIA/EIA-455-178	FOTP-178 IEC-60793-1-32 OPTICAL FIBRES - PART 1-32: MEASUREMENT METHODS AND TEST PROCEDURES - COATING STRIPABILITY
TIA/EIA-455-179	INSPECTION OF CLEAVED FIBER END FACES BY INTERFEROMETRY
TIA/EIA-455-180	MEASUREMENT OF THE OPTICAL TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS OF A PASSIVE BRANCHING DEVICE (COUPLER)
TIA/EIA-455-181	LIGHTNING DAMAGE SUSCEPTIBILITY TEST FOR FIBER OPTIC CABLES WITH METALLIC COMPONENTS (SEE ALSO NECA/FOA 301)
TIA/EIA-455-184	COUPLING PROOF OVERLOAD TEST FOR FIBER INTERCONNECTING DEVICES
TIA/EIA-455-185	STRENGTH OF COUPLING MECHANISM FOR FIBER OPTIC INTERCONNECTING DEVICES
TIA/EIA-455-186	FOTP-186 GAUGE RETENTION FORCE MEASUREMENT FOR FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS (SEE ALSO NECA/FOA 301)
TIA/EIA-455-187	FOTP-187 ENGAGEMENT AND SEPARATION FORCE MEASUREMENT OF FIBER OPTIC CONNECTOR SETS (SEE ALSO NECA/FOA 301)
TIA/EIA-455-188	LOW TEMPERATURE TESTING OF FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS
TIA/EIA-455-189	FOTP-189 OZONE EXPOSURE TEST FOR FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS *PREVIOUSLY EIA/TIA-455-189*
TIA/EIA-455-190	FOTP-190 LOW AIR PRESSURE (HIGH ALTITUDE) TESTING OF FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS
TIA/EIA-455-228	RELATIVE GROUP DELAY AND CHROMATIC DISPERSION MEASUREMENT OF SINGLE-MODE COMPONENTS AND DEVICES BY THE PHASE SHIFT METHOD