wiredInUSA January 2017

Award for wideband paper

Tom Donovan President and CEO

The fiber research department of Panduit Corporation has received the IWCS “Jack Spergel memorial award for outstanding technical paper” for its “Characteriza- tion of modal dependence of MMF (mul- timode fiber) chromatic dispersion for wideband MMF” paper. The result was an- nounced at this year’s IWCS conference in Providence, and awards presented to each of the contributors. The paper develops the theoretical back- ground, proposes a test methodology, and provides experimental validation of a revolutionary characterization method applicable to next generation wideband multimode fiber. The work is part of Pan- duit’s contribution to the development of

wideband MMF (for use in OM5 cable). In addition, contributor to the paper Dr Brett Lane serves as chairman of the joint task group in the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) in which the fiber was de- veloped. Of the award, Panduit president and CEO Tom Donovan said: “This is a tremendous achievement for Panduit’s fiber research team and shows the impact of Panduit’s significant investment in our world class fiber lab. Advancements in multimode fib- er are critical to the industry and are inher- ent in Panduit’s philosophy of developing technology for our customers which solve tomorrow’s challenges today.”

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