EIA-TIA-455: Standard Test Procedure for Fiber Optic Fibers, Cables, Transducers, Sensors, Connecting and Terminating Devices, and Other Fiber Optic Components

Experior Laboratories is approved by the military (DLA Land and Maritime) to conduct testing to EIA-TIA-455 series. These documents are procedures set forth by the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) and the Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA) for general testing of fiber optic components.

Method	Test
1	Cable Flexing for Interconnecting Devices
2	Impact Test for Fiber Optic Devices
3	Procedure to Measure Temperature Cycling Effects on Optical Fiber Units, Optical Cable, and Other Passive Fiber Components
4	Temp Life
5	Humidity Testing
6	Cable Retention Test for Interconnecting Devices
7	Numerical Aperture of SI MM Fibers
8	Back Reflectance By OTDR
11	Vibration Test Procedure for Fiber Optic Components and Cables
12	Fluid Immersion Test for Fiber Optic Components
13	Visual and Mechanical Inspection
14	FO Shock Tests
15	Altitude-Immersion
16	Salt Spray (Corrosion) Test for Fiber Optic Component
20	Optical Transmittance
21	Mating Durability
22	Ambient Light Susceptibility

Method	Test
23	Air Leakage Testing
24	Water Peak Attenuation of SM Fibers
25	Impact Testing of Cable and Assemblies
26	Crush Resistance
28	Fiber Tensile Loading
30	MMF Frequency Domain Measurement of Transmission Capacity
31	Proof Testing Optical Fibers by Tension
32A	Circuit Discontinuities
33	Cable Tensile Loading and Bend Test
34	Insertion Loss
35	Fiber Optic Component Dust Fine Sand Test
36	Twist Test for Connecting Devices
37	Hi-Lo Temp Bending Test
38	Measurement of Fiber Strain in cables Under Tensile Load
39	Cable Water Wicking
41	Compressive Loading of Fiber Optic Cables
42	Optical Crosstalk

Method	Test
43	Near Field Pattern
44	Refractive Index Profile by Ray Method
46	Spectral Attenuation Measurement for Long-Length
47	Far Field Pattern
48	Cladding Diameter via Laser-Based Instruments
49	Gamma Irradiation Effects
50	MM GI Launch Conditions
51	MMF PUlse Distortion
53	Attenuation for MM Long Haul
54	Mode Scrambler Requirements for Overfilled Launch Conditions
55	Coating Geometry by End View
56	Fungus Resistance
57	Preparation and Examination of Optical Endfaces
58	Core Measurement of GI Fiber
59	Fiber Point Defects with an OTDR
60	Measurement of Fiber or cable length using an OTDR
61	Fiber or Cable Attenuation

Method	Test
62	Macro bending Loss
64	Radiation-Induced Attenuation
67	High-Temperature Effects on Optical Characteristics
69	Min-Max Temperature Exposure
70	High-Temperature Effects on Mechanical Characteristics
71	Procedure to Measure Temperature-Shock Effects on Fiber Optic Components
72	Procedure for assessing temperature and humidity cycling
73	Temp-Humidity Cycling on Fiber
74	IEC 60793-1-53 Water Immersion
75	Fluid Immersion Aging Procedure
76	Dynamic Fatigue by Tension
77	Procedure to qualify a higher-order mode filter
78	Attenuation Measurements for Optical Fibers
80	IEC 60793-1-44 Cut-Off Wavelength
81	Drip Test for Filled Fiber Optic Cable
82	Fluid Penetration test for Fluid-blocked fiber optic
84	FO Cable Jacket Self Adhesion - Blocking

Method	Test
85	Fiber Optic Cable twist
86	Optical Fiber Cable Jacket Shrinkage
87	Cable Knot Test
88	Cable Bend Test
89	Fiber Cable Jacket Elongation and Tensile Strength
91	Cable Twist-Bend
92	Cladding Diameter by Fizeau Interferometry
93	Cladding Diameter by Michelson Interferometry
95	Absolute Power Measurements
98	External Freezing Test
99	Gas Flame Test
100	Gas Leakage Test for Gas-blocked fiber optic cables
101	Accelerated Oxygen Aging
104	Cable Cyclic Test
106	Near-IR Absorbance of FO Coating Materials
107	Return Loss
111	Fibre Curl

Method	Test
113	PMD Measurement for Optical Fiber
115	Spectral Atten of SI Fibers
119	Coating Geometry by Gray Scale
120	Modeling Spectral Attenuation of Fibe
122	PMD by Stokes Method
123	Measurement of Optical Fiber Ribbon Dimensions
124	PMD For SMF via Interferometry
127	Spectral Characterization of MM LASERs
128	Procedures for determining Threshold Current od Semic
129	Human Body Model ESD
130	Life Test For Laser Diodes
131-1997	Measurement of Optical Fiber Ribbon Residual Twist
131	Cable Twist Test
132	SMF Effective Area
133	Length Measurement
134	Connector Hole ID
135	Ferrule ID-OD - Concentricity

Method	Test
141	Twist Test for Optical Fiber Ribbons
142	Modal Noise Power Penalty for Laser Sources
156	Optical Transfer Coefficients of a FO Switch
157	PDL
158	Friction Force in Alignment Sleeve
160	Temperature and Humidity Effects on Optical Characteristics
161	Temperature and Humidity Effects on Mechanical Characteristics
162	Optical Fiber Cable Temperature Humidity Cycling
164	SM Mode Field Diameter by FF Scanning
165	MFD By Nearfield
167	MFD via Variable Aperture Method
168	Chromatic Dispersion Measurement of Multimode Graded
169	Chromatic Dispersion Measurement of Single-Model Opt
170	SM Cable Cut-Off Wavelength
171	Cable Assembly Attenuation Loss
172	Flame resistance of Firewall Connector
173	Coating Geometry Measurements for Optical Fiber Side

Method	Test
175	Chromatic Dispersion
176	IEC-60793-1-20 Fibre Geometry
177	IEC-60793-1-43 Numerical Aperture
178	IEC-60793-1-32 Coating Strippability
179	Inspection of Cleaved Fiber Ends by Interferometry
180	Optical Transfer Coefficients Of Branching Device
181	Lightning Susceptibility Test
183	Hydrogen effects on optical fiber
185	Strength of Coupling Mechanism
186	Gauge Retention Force Measurement for Fiber Optic Components
187	Engagement and Separation Force Measurement of Fiber
188	Low Temperature Testing of Fiber Optic Components
189	Ozone Exposure Test for Fiber Optic Components
190	Low Air Pressure (High Altitude) Testing
191	SM MFD
192	H-Parameter Test Method for Polarization-Maintaining
193	PM XTALK

Method	Test
194	Measurement of Fiber Pushback in Optical Connectors
195	Coating Geometry
196	PMD Measurements
197	Diff Group Delay
198	SM Polarization Sensitivity
199	PM XTALK POLARIMETRIC METHOD
200	PM Insertion Loss
201	PM Return Loss
202	Non-Linear Coefficient of SM Fibers
203	MM XCVR Launched Power Distribution
204	Bandwidth of MM Fiber
205	Spectral Transmittance for wavelength-selective FO Branching Devices
206	Optical Fibre Amplifiers-Basic Specification Part 1-1
207	Optical Fibre Amplifiers-Basic Specification Part 1-2
208	Optical Fibre Amplifiers-Basic Specification Part 1-3
209	Optical Fibre Amplifiers-Basic Specification Part 2-1
210	Optical Fibre Amplifiers-Basic Specification Part 2-2

Method	Test
211	Optical Fibre Amplifiers-Basic Specification Part 2-3
212	Optical Fibre Amplifiers-Basic Specification Part 6-1
213	Optical Fibre Amplifiers-Basic Specification Part 7-1
214	Optical Fibre Amplifiers-Part 1 Generic Specification
218	Endface Geometry of Single Fiber Connectors
219	Multfiiber Ferrule Endface Geometry
220	DMD of Multimode Fiber in Time Domain
221	IEC-61290-5-1 OSA-based Reflectance of Optical Amplifiers
222	IEC-61290-3 Noise Parameters of Optical Amplifiers
223	IEC-61291-2 Digital App Perf Spec Template for Optical Amplifiers
224	IEC-61744 Calibration of Chromatic Dispersion Test Set
225	IEC-61745 Calibration of Fiber Geometry Test Sets
226	IEC-61746 Calibration of OTDRs
227	IEC-61300-3-24 Keying Accuracy of PM Connectors
228	Relative Groupe Delay and Chromatic Dispersion
229	High Power Characterization
231	IEC-61315 Calibration of FOPMs

Method	Test
234	IEC-60793-1-52 Change of Temperature
235	IEC-61280-2-8 Digital Subsystem Test Procedure
239	Fiber Optic Splice Loss Measurement Methods
240	Fiber Optic Cleaning System Evaluation
241	Seal under Load Test
243	PMD Measurements by Wavelength Scanning OTDR
244	Express Tube Optical Loss Measurement Methods
TIA-455	FOTP Template
TIA-455	Standard Test Procedures for Fiber Optic Components
TIA-455	Connector Endface Visual Examination
TIA-92-A	Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for Data Centers

Altitude Testing
Cyclic Corrosion Testing
Fire and Flammability Testing
Fluid Susceptibility Testing
Fungus Testing

Pneumatic Pressure Testing
Mechanical Shock Testing
SRS Shock Testing
Salt Spray Testing

Sand and Dust Testing
Temperature and Humidity
Tensile and Compression
Thermal Shock Testing

Thermal Vacuum Testing
Transportation Vibration
Ultraviolet and Weathering
Vibration Testing

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