• DocumentCode
    1785312
  • Title

    Fiber optic installation and acceptance criteria: End face quantitative characterization with analysis of objective criteria

  • Author

    Cashdollar, Lucas ; DiGioia, Matthew ; Morris, Dan ; Mazurowski, John

  • Author_Institution
    Penn State Electro-Opt. Center, Freeport, PA, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    11-13 Nov. 2014
  • Firstpage
    81
  • Lastpage
    82
  • Abstract
    Recommendations were made based on the results of this work and analysis of multiple military and commercial end face inspection standards. A quantitative fiber optic end face inspection procedure with acceptance criteria was written for use in MIL-STD-2042. Separate acceptance criteria were included for a) beginning of life, b) depot maintenance, and c) operational maintenance.
  • Keywords
    inspection; installation; military avionics; optical fibre testing; MIL-STD-2042; acceptance criteria; beginning-of-life; depot maintenance; end face quantitative characterization; fiber optic end face inspection; fiber optic installation; operational maintenance; Assembly; Contamination; Face; Optical fiber cables; Optical fibers; Pollution measurement; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Avionics, Fiber-Optics and Photonics Technology Conference (AVFOP), 2014 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Atlanta, GA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-2473-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/AVFOP.2014.6999434
  • Filename
    6999434