Thorlabs P5-630PM-FC-2 Polarization Maintaining Patch Cable

Product Overview & Specs

• Description: It’s a Polarization-Maintaining (PANDA) fiber optic patch cable, 2 m in length, featuring FC/PC connector on one end and FC/APC on the other.

• Fiber & Operating Wavelength:

  • Fiber type: PM630-HP (PANDA).

  • Optimized alignment wavelength: 630 nm.

  • Operating range: approximately 620–850 nm. 

• Performance Metrics:

  • Insertion loss (typical): 1.0 dB (maximum 1.2 dB).

  • Extinction ratio (typical): 22 dB (minimum 20 dB).

  • Return loss: ~50 dB at FC/PC and ~60 dB at FC/APC connectors.

  • Build includes narrow key (2.0 mm) aligned to the slow axis, and a ceramic 8° angled ferrule on the APC connector.

• Physical Details:

  • Jacket: Ø3 mm Blue PVC furcation tubing.

  • Cable length tolerance: +0.075 m / –0 m.

  • Operating temperature: 0 °C to 70 °C; Storage: –45 °C to 85 °C