Fiber Optic Tutorials
How to test a fiber patch cable using a hand held optical power meter? (video)
How to dry clean LC/MU connectors/bulkheads using Seiko Giken's SFM-125 Ferrule Mate cleaner? (video)
How to choose fiber media converters?
How to use a hand held fiber connector inspection microscope? (video)
How to choose fiber optic pigtails?
A fiber pigtail is a single, short, usually tight-buffered fiber optic cable with a factory-installed connector on one end, and un-terminated fiber on the other end.
Fiber optic pigtails are used to terminated fiber optic cables via fusion splicing or mechanical splicing as shown in the picture below.
The end of the pigtail is stripped and fusion spliced to a single fiber or a multi-fiber trunk. Splicing of pigtails to each fiber in the trunk "breaks out" the multi-fiber cable into its component fibers for connection to the end equipment.
High quality fiber pigtails combined with correct fusion splicing practices offer the best performance for fiber optic cable termination.