Single and Multimode Tactical Cable Assemblies

The design and development of tactical duplex fiber optical cable assemblies, for both multimode and single-mode systems operations, have been completed. Development effort was guided by detailed design criteria supplied by the contracting organization, the U.S. Army CECOM. A completed cable assembly conists of a 1- km cable containing two tightly-buffered multimode or single-mode fibers terminated with duplex, hermaphroditic connectors. Radiation-hard multimode fiber was developed for optimal operation at the 1200 to 1300 nm wavelength region. Single-mode fiber is a standard depressed-clad design. Both all-dielectric cable designs are identical except for the fiber.