A designer and manufacturer of optical fiber and connectivity solutions, Sumitomo Electric Lightwave, announced the introduction of their Lynx2 CustomFit® MPOQ8 Splice-On Connector. The introduction of the connector marks the industry’s first 8-fiber QSFP(Quad Small Form Factor Pluggable) -40G– SR4 MPO splice-on connector that facilitates fast and easy 40 and 100GbE data center and enterprise network connectivity with maximum cost savings.

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Coupled with laser optimized 0M4 8-count fiber ribbon cable, the 8-fiber MPO splice-on-connector allows real-time and on-site cable builds and permanent terminations of jumpers, trunk cables, harnesses and arrays to yield the optimum optical performance and cost savings for the data center.

This 8–fiber solution solves the considerable costs, optical performance, and compatibility issues of the traditional 12 fiber infrastructure by eliminating unused fibers, unnecessary connectivity points, and conversion module hardware for maximum cost savings. The elimination of conversion modules, alone, has saved hundreds of dollars per port, potentially generating hundreds of thousands of dollars in cost savings in larger 40 and 100GbE infrastructure deployments.

The transition from a 12 fiber count to 8 is made within the ferrule of the 8-fiber MPO splice-on connector. The new connector is compatible with other QSFP-40G-SR4 connectors and 100GbE modules at 25G transmission. Insertion loss of the new connector is < 0.35dB and it is compatible with Sumitomo Electric Lightwave’s Quantum Type-M12 mass fusion splicer.

The Lynx2 8-fiber MPO allows customized, on-site, real-time field terminations and cable builds without the shorts, excess slack, and logistic delays of pre-terminated cables for fast and easy 40G/100G upgrades, faster restoration, and less or no network downtime.

Joshua Seawell, Director of Lightwave Network Products at Sumitomo Electric Lightwave said that the introduction of the MPO splice-on connector, will offer their customers further innovations in MPO and optical ribbon fiber technology.

The 8-fiber solution optimizes not only 40/100GbE and beyond networks, but is also backward compatible with legacy networks (1G & 10G), creating a real-time, scalable, and future-proofed network.