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Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components - Basic test and
measurement procedures - Part 1: General and guidance (IEC 61300-1:2011)
Lichtwellenleiter - Verbindungselemente und passive Bauteile - Grundlegende Prüf- und
Messverfahren - Teil 1: Allgemeines und Leitfaden (IEC 61300-1:2011)
Dispositifs d'interconnexion et composants passifs à fibres optiques - Procédures
fondamentales d'essais et de mesures - Partie 1: Généralités et lignes directrices (CEI
61300-1:2011)
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ICS:
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EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 61300-1
NORME EUROPÉENNE
May 2011
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 33.180.20 Supersedes EN 61300-1:2003

English version
Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components -
Basic test and measurement procedures -
Part 1: General and guidance
(IEC 61300-1:2011)
Dispositifs d'interconnexion et composants Lichtwellenleiter -
passifs à fibres optiques - Verbindungselemente und passive
Procédures fondamentales d'essais et de Bauteile -
mesures - Grundlegende Prüf- und Messverfahren -
Partie 1: Généralités et lignes directrices Teil 1: Allgemeines und Leitfaden
(CEI 61300-1:2011) (IEC 61300-1:2011)

This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2011-04-27. CENELEC members are bound to comply
with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard
the status of a national standard without any alteration.

Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on
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Ref. No. EN 61300-1:2011 E
Foreword
The text of document 86B/3112/FDIS, future edition 3 of IEC 61300-1, prepared by SC 86B, Fibre optic
interconnecting devices and passive components, of IEC TC 86, Fibre optics, was submitted to the
IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and was approved by CENELEC as EN 61300-1 on 2011-04-27.
This European Standard supersedes EN 61300-1:2003.
The changes with respect to EN 61300-1:2003 are to reconsider the terms and definitions and multimode
launch conditions.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN and CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent
rights.
The following dates were fixed:
– latest date by which the EN has to be implemented
at national level by publication of an identical
national standard or by endorsement (dop) 2012-01-27
– latest date by which the national standards conflicting
with the EN have to be withdrawn (dow) 2012-04-27
Annex ZA has been added by CENELEC.
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Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 61300-1:2011 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standards indicated:
IEC 60068-2-1 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 60068-2-1.
IEC 61315 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 61315.
IEC 62614 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 62614.
ISO 4288 NOTE  Harmonized as EN ISO 4288.
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Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications

The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced
document (including any amendments) applies.

NOTE  When an international publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant EN/HD
applies.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year

IEC 60050-731 - International Electrotechnical Vocabulary - -
(IEV) -
Chapter 731: Optical fibre communication

IEC 60617 - Standard data element types with associated - -
classification scheme for electric components -
Part 4: IEC reference collection fo standard
data element types and component classes

IEC 60825-1 - Safety of laser products - EN 60825-1
Part 1: Equipment classification and
requirements
IEC 60825-2 - Safety of laser products - EN 60825-2 -
Part 2: Safety of optical fibre communication
systems (OFCS)
IEC 61280-1-4 - Fibre optic communication subsystem test EN 61280-1-4 -
procedures -
Part 1-4: General communication subsystems
- Light source encircled flux measurement
method
IEC 61280-4-1 - Fibre optic communication subsystem test EN 61280-4-1 -
procedures -
Part 4-1: Installed cable plant - Multimode
attenuation measurement
IEC 61300-2 Series Fibre optic interconnecting devices and EN 61300-2 Series
passive components - Basic test and
measurement procedures -
Part 2: Tests
IEC 61300-3 Series Fibre optic interconnecting devices and EN 61300-3 Series
passive components - Basic test and
measurement procedures -
Part 3: Examinations and measurements

IEC 61300-3-1 - Fibre optic interconnecting devices and EN 61300-3-1 -
passive components - Basic test and
measurement procedures -
Part 3-1: Examinations and measurements -
Visual examination
ISO/IEC 17025 - General requirements for the competence of EN ISO/IEC 17025 -
testing and calibration laboratories

IEC 61300-1 ®
Edition 3.0 2011-03
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components – Basic test and
measurement procedures –
Part 1: General and guidance
Dispositifs d'interconnexion et composants passifs à fibres optiques –
Procédures fondamentales d'essais et de mesures –
Partie 1: Généralités et lignes directrices

INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
COMMISSION
ELECTROTECHNIQUE
PRICE CODE
INTERNATIONALE
CODE PRIX R
ICS 33.180.20 ISBN 978-2-88912-407-7

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 3
INTRODUCTION . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms and definitions . 7
4 Standard atmospheric conditions . 8
5 Significance of the numerical value of a quantity . 8
5.1 General . 8
5.2 Quantity expressed as nominal value with tolerance . 8
5.3 Quantity expressed as a range of values . 9
6 Graphical symbols and terminology . 10
7 Safety . 10
8 Calibration . 10
8.1 General . 10
8.2 Round robin calibration procedure . 10
9 Launch conditions . 10
9.1 General . 10
9.2 Multimode launch conditions . 11
9.3 Single-mode launch conditions . 11
Annex A (informative) Round robin calibration procedure for dimensional
measurements on ferrules and sleeves . 12
Annex B (normative) Multimode launch condition requirements for measuring
attenuation. 15
Bibliography . 18

Figure A.1 – Flow chart of round robin calibration procedure . 13
Figure A.2 – Examples for the determination of the measurement points and the
marking of the round robin standards . 14
Figure B.1 – Encircled Flux template example . 16

Table 1 – Standard Atmospheric Conditions. 8
Table 2 – Expected uncertainty for measured attenuation of single connectors . 11
Table B.1 – EF requirements for 50 µm core fibre at 850 nm . 17
Table B.2 – EF requirements for 50 µm core fibre at 1300 nm . 17
Table B.3 – EF requirements for 62,5 µm fibre at 850 nm . 17
Table B.4 – EF requirements for 62,5 µm fibre at 1300 nm . 17

61300-1  IEC:2011 – 3 –
INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION
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FIBRE OPTIC INTERCONNECTING DEVICES
AND PASSIVE COMPONENTS –
BASIC TEST AND MEASUREMENT PROCEDURES –

Part 1: General and guidance
FOREWORD
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8) Attention is drawn to the Normative references cited in this publication. Use of the referenced publications is
indispensable for the correct application of this publication.
9) Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this IEC Publication may be the subject of
patent rights. IEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
International Standard IEC 61300-1 has been prepared by subcommittee 86B: Fibre optic
interconnecting devices and passive components, of IEC technical committee 86: Fibre Optics.
This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition published in 2003. This edition
constitutes a technical revision. The changes with respect to the previous edition are to
reconsider the terms and definitions and multimode launch conditions.
The text of this standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
86B/3112/FDIS 86B/3164/RVD
Full information on the voting for the approval of this standard can be found in the report on
voting indicated in the above table.

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This publication has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
The list of all parts in the IEC 61300 series, published under the general title, Fibre optic
interconnecting and passive components – Basic test and measurement procedures, can be
found on the IEC website.
The committee has decided that the contents of this publication will remain unchanged until
the stability date indicated on the IEC web site under "http://webstore.iec.ch" in the data
related to the specific publication. At this date, the publication will be
• reconfirmed,
• withdrawn,
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.
61300-1  IEC:2011 – 5 –
INTRODUCTION
The publications in the IEC 61300 series contain information on environmental testing
procedures and measurement procedures relating to fibre optic interconnecting devices and
passive components. They are intended to be used to achieve uniformity and reproducibility in
environmental testing procedures and measurement procedures.
The term "test procedure" refers to procedures commonly known as environmental tests. The
expressions "environmental conditioning" and "environmental testing" refer to the
environments to which components or equipment may be exposed so that an assessment may
be made of their performance under the conditions of use, transport and storage.
The term "measurement procedure" refers to those measurements which are necessary
to assess the physical and optical characteristics of a component and may also be used
before, during or after a test procedure to measure the effects of environmental conditioning or
testing. The return loss and attenuation tests are examples of measurement procedures.
The requirements for the performance of components or equipment subjected to the test and
measurement procedures described in this standard are not included. The relevant
specification for the device under test defines the allowed performance limits.
When drafting a specification or purchase contract, only those tests which are necessary for
the relevant components or equipment taking into account the technical and economic
aspects should be specified.
The environmental test procedures are contained in the IEC 61300-2 series and the
measurement procedures in the IEC 61300-3 series. Each test or measurement procedure is
published as a stand-alone publication so that it may be modified, expanded or cancelled
without having an effect on any other test or measurement procedure. However it should be
noted that, where practical, reference is made to other standards as opposed to repeating all
or part of already existing standards. As an example, the cold test for fibre optic apparatus
refers to IEC 60068-2-1, but it also provides other needed information such as purpose,
recommended severities and a list of items to be specified.
Multiple methods may be contained in a test or measurement procedure. As an example,
several methods of measuring attenuation are contained in the attenuation measurement
procedure.
If more than one method is contained in a test or measurement procedure, the reference
method is identified.
The tests in this standard permit the performance of sample components or equipment to be
compared. To assess the overall quality of a production lot, the test procedures should be
applied in accordance with a suitable sampling plan and may be supplemented by appropriate
additional tests, if necessary.
To provide tests appropriate to the different intensities of an environmental condition, some of
the test procedures have a number of degrees of severity. These different degrees of severity
are obtained by varying the time, temperature or some other determining factor separately or
in combination.
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FIBRE OPTIC INTERCONNECTING DEVICES
AND PASSIVE COMPONENTS –
BASIC TEST AND MEASUREMENT PROCEDURES –

Part 1: General and guidance
1 Scope
This part of IEC 61300 contains a series of environmental test and measurement procedures
and, in some cases, preferred severities designed to assess the ability of fibre optic
interconnecting devices and passive components to perform under expected service
conditions. Although the severities are primarily intended for land-based communications, the
procedures may be used for other applications. The object of this standard is to provide
uniform and reproducible environmental test procedures and measurement procedures, for
those preparing specifications for fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive
components.
These test and measurement procedures are designed to provide information on the following
properties of components and equipment, such as connectors, splices, switches, attenuators,
etc.:
a) ability to operate within specified limits of temperature, pressure, humidity, mechanical
stress or other environmental conditions and certain combinations of these conditions;
b) ability to withstand storage and transport;
c) ability to meet the specified levels of optical performance.
This standard should be used in combination with the relevant specification which will define
the tests to be used, the required degree of severity for each of them, their sequence,
if relevant, and the permissible performance limits. In the event of conflict between this basic
standard and the relevant specification, the latter will take precedence.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document.
For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition
of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
IEC 60050-731, International Electrotechnical Vocabulary – Chapter 731: Optical fibre
communication
IEC 60617, Graphical symbols for diagrams
IEC 60825-1, Safety of laser products – Part 1: Equipment classification and requirements
IEC 60825-2, Safety of laser products – Part 2: Safety of optical fibre communication
systems (OFCS)
IEC 61280-1-4, Fibre o
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