BS EN 62074-1:2009 - Page 2

Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components. Fibre optic WDM devices. Generic specification | Status: Revised, Superseded, Withdrawn

1 Scope This part of IEC 62074 applies to fibre optic wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) devices. These have all of the following general features:

• • They are passive, in that they contain no optoelectronic or other transducing elements; but they may use temperature control only the purpose to stabilize the characteristics of devices; they exclude any optical switching function.
• • They have three or more ports for the entry and/or exit of optical power, and share optical power among these ports in a predetermined fashion depending on the wavelength.
• • The ports are optical fibres or optical fibre connectors.

This standard establishes uniform requirements for the optical, mechanical and environmental properties.