Pigtail
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Pigtail |
(1) A short length of fiber with a permanently attached
device, usually a connector, on one end. (2) A fiber-optic
cable assembly consisting of a connector or hardware
device (such as a light source package installed by a
manufacturer) on one end and an unterminated fiber at
the other end. Normally found in applications wherein
a splice is convenient for terminating a device with a
connector. Also used when the loss characteristics of the
connector must be known precisely. For instance, a splice
of .03dB might be reliably predicted and controlled,
but the variability of most commercially available terminations
is unacceptable, so a precharacterized cable
assembly is cut into a pigtail and attached to the device
through splicing.
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