IEC TR 60825-17:2015

Safety of laser products - Part 17: Safety aspects for use of passive optical components and optical cables in high power optical fibre communication systems

IEC TR 60825-17:2015(E) recommends safety measures to protect against effects caused exclusively by thermal, opto-mechanical and related effects in passive optical components and optical cables used in high power optical fibre communication systems. It does not apply to the use of high power optical systems in explosive atmospheres or the use of optical fibres in material processing machines. Throughout this part of IEC 60825, a reference to laser is taken to include light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and optical amplifiers. This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2010. This edition constitutes a technical revision.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 08-Oct-2015
• ICS: 01 - GENERALITIES. TERMINOLOGY. STANDARDIZATION. DOCUMENTATION
• ICS: 31.260 - Optoelectronics. Laser equipment
• ICS: 33.180.01 - Fibre optic systems in general
• Technical Committee: TC 76 - Optical radiation safety and laser equipment
• Drafting Committee: WG 5 - TC 76/WG 5
• Current Stage: PPUB - Publication issued
• Start Date: 15-Dec-2015
• Completion Date: 09-Oct-2015

Relations

• Revises: IEC TR 60825-17:2010 - Safety of laser products - Part 17: Safety aspects for use of passive optical components and optical cables in high power optical fibre communication systems
• Effective Date: 05-Sep-2023

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IEC TR 60825-17
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Edition 2.0 2015-10
TECHNICAL
REPORT



Safety of laser products –
Part 17: Safety aspects for use of passive optical components and optical cables
in high power optical fibre communication systems
IEC TR 60825-17:2015-10(en)

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– 2 – IEC TR 60825-17:2015 © IEC 2015
CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 3
INTRODUCTION . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms and definitions . 6
4 Recommendations . 8
4.1 General considerations – the background to optical fibre damage at high
powers . 8
4.2 Fibre coating damage occurring when bending at high powers . 8
4.3 Information on automatic power reduction (APR) .
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