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GEL/86/3 - Fibre optic systems and active devices

Sector: Manufacturing

Categories: Interface and interconnection equipment | Superconductivity and conducting materials | RF connectors | Connecting devices | Electroacoustics | Coaxial cables. Waveguides | Luminaires | Accessories | Optoelectronics. Laser equipment | Cables | Cabled distribution | Medical equipment.Therapy | Electrical and electronic equipment. Control systems | Measurement. Electrical and magnetic | Amplifiers | Application layer | Relays | Noise. Machines and equipment | Electromagnetic compatibility. Other | Emission | Fibre optic systems. General | Piezoelectric devices | Medical equipment. Diagnostic | Production. Production management | Lamps. Other | Diodes | Magnetic materials | Measurement. Optics and optical | Body care equipment | Printed circuits and boards | Inks | Lighting installation systems | Fibres and cables | Chemical analysis | Fibre optic interconnecting devices | Audio, video and audiovisual equipment. Other | Measurement. Electrical and magnetic quantities | Power transmission and distribution networks. Other equipment | Audio, video and audiovisual systems. General | Switchgear and controlgear | Electrical accessories. Other | Fibre optic communications | Optic amplifiers | Electronic components. General | Switchgear and controlgear. Low voltage | Rectifiers. Converters. Stabilized power supply | Welding. Equipment | Telecontrol. Telemetering | Semiconductor devices. General | Electronic display devices | Energy and heat transfer engineering. General | Environmental impact assessment | Fibre optic equipment. Other | Mechanical structures for electronic equipment | Graphical symbols for use on electrical and electronics engineering drawings, diagrams, charts and in relevant technical product documentation | Testing. Environmental | Aerospace electric equipment and systems | Transport layer | Medical equipment. Other | Rotating machinery. General | Testing. Electrical and electronic | Navigation and control equipment | Industrial process measurement and control | Small kitchen appliances | Electrical engineering | Domestic electrical appliances | Electrical engineering. General

Overview: Under the direction of GEL/86, is responsible for the UK input to IEC/SC86C CENELEC-SR86C.

Committee standards activity

In Progress (19)

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PNW 86C-2000 ED1:	Fiber Optic Active Components and Devices – Test and Measurement Procedures – Part 8: Universal vertical mezzanine boards for photonic devices Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules Proposal begins : 2025-11-20	Proposal
PNW 86C-1978 ED1:	Fibre optic active components and devices – Performance Standards – Part 13: Performance specification template for pump laser diode modules Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules Proposal begins : 2025-05-21	Proposal
PNW 86C-1928 ED1:	Fibre optic sensors - Part 8-1: Pressure measurement - Pressure sensors based on fibre Bragg gratings Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules Proposal begins : 2024-05-28	Proposal
PNW 86C-1815 ED1:	Fibre optic sensors Part 7-3: Voltage measurement Polarimetric method Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| ICT \| Telecommunications. Audio and video engineering \| Fibre optic communications \| Fibre optic equipment. Other Proposal begins : 2022-07-27	Proposal
PNW 86C-1814 ED1:	Fibre optic sensors Part 6-1: Displacement measurement Displacement sensors based on fibre Bragg gratings Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| ICT \| Telecommunications. Audio and video engineering \| Fibre optic communications \| Fibre optic equipment. Other Proposal begins : 2022-07-27	Proposal
New Work Item Proposal 86C-2041 ED1:	Optical amplifiers – Test methods – Part 10-6: Four wave mixing crosstalk Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules Proposal begins : 2026-09-15	Proposal
BS EN IEC 62149-10	BS EN 62149-10 ED2 Fibre optic active components and devices - Performance standards. Part 10: Radio-over-fibre (RoF) transceivers for mobile communication applications Categories: Fibre optic systems. General \| Fibre optic interconnecting devices Public comment begins : 2025-06-03	Public comment
BS EN IEC 61757-3-2	BS EN 61757-3-2 ED2 Fibre optic sensors. Part 3-2: Acoustic sensing and vibration measurement - Distributed sensingre connectors Categories: Fibre optic interconnecting devices \| Fibre optic equipment. Other Public comment begins : 2027-03-02	Public comment
BS EN IEC 61290-11-1	BS EN 61290-11-1 ED3 Optical amplifiers - Test methods. Part 11-1: Polarization mode dispersion parameter - Jones matrix eigenanalysis (JME) Categories: Optic amplifiers Public comment begins : 2026-07-17	Public comment
BS EN IEC 61280-4-2/AMD1 ED3	BS EN 61280-4-2/AMD1 ED3 Fibre-optic communication subsystem test procedures. Part 4-2: Installed cabling plant - Single-mode attenuation and optical return loss measurements Categories: Fibre optic systems. General Public comment begins : 2025-01-17	Public comment

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PD IEC/TR 63072-1:2017	Photonic integrated circuits. Introduction and roadmap for standardization Categories: Fibre optic equipment. Other Published standard begins : 2017-09-20	Published standard
PD IEC/TR 62614-2:2015	Fibre optics. Multimode launch conditions. Determination of launch condition requirements for measuring multimode attenuation Categories: Fibre optic systems. General Published standard begins : 2016-01-25	Published standard
PD IEC/TR 62572-2:2008	Fibre optic active components and devices. Reliability standards. Laser module degradation Categories: Optoelectronics. Laser equipment \| Fibre optic systems. General Published standard begins : 2009-01-29	Published standard
PD IEC/TR 62343-6-9:2015	Dynamic modules. Design guide. Study of mechanisms and measurements of crosstalk in wavelength-selective switches Categories: Fibre optic systems. General \| Fibre optic equipment. Other Published standard begins : 2015-07-07	Published standard
PD IEC/TR 62343-6-8:2011	Dynamic modules. Categorization study of dynamic performance requirements Categories: Fibre optic interconnecting devices Published standard begins : 2011-11-14	Published standard
PD IEC/TR 62343-6-7:2015	Dynamic modules. Design guide. Optical channel monitor Categories: Fibre optic interconnecting devices \| Fibre optic equipment. Other Published standard begins : 2015-02-26	Published standard
PD IEC/TR 62343-6-6:2017	Dynamic modules. Design guide. Failure mode effect analysis for optical units of dynamic modules Categories: Fibre optic interconnecting devices Published standard begins : 2017-02-14	Published standard
PD IEC/TR 62343-6-5:2014	Dynamic modules. Design guide. Investigation of operating mechanical shock and vibration tests for dynamic modules Categories: Fibre optic interconnecting devices Published standard begins : 2014-07-07	Published standard
PD IEC/TR 62343-6-4:2017	Dynamic modules. Design guides. Reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer Categories: Fibre optic systems. General \| Fibre optic equipment. Other Published standard begins : 2017-02-07	Published standard
PD IEC/TR 62343-6-3:2010	Dynamic modules. Round robin measurement results for group delay ripple of tunable dispersion compensators Categories: Fibre optic systems. General \| Fibre optic equipment. Other Published standard begins : 2010-08-04	Published standard

Withdrawn (106)

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PD IEC/TR 62572-4:2013	Fibre optic active components and devices. Reliability standards. Guidelines for optical connector end-face cleaning methods for receptacle style optical transceivers Categories: Fibre optic systems. General Withdrawn begins : 2020-09-21	Withdrawn
PD IEC/TR 62343-6-6:2011	Dynamic modules. Failure mode effect analysis for optical units of dynamic modules Categories: Fibre optic interconnecting devices Withdrawn begins : 2017-02-14	Withdrawn
PD IEC/TR 62343-6-5:2011	Dynamic modules. Investigation of operating mechanical shock and vibration tests for dynamic modules Categories: Fibre optic interconnecting devices Withdrawn begins : 2014-07-07	Withdrawn
PD IEC/TR 62343-6-2:2009	Dynamic modules. Software and hardware interfaces. Survey results Categories: Fibre optic systems. General \| Electrical and electronic equipment. Control systems Withdrawn begins : 2013-08-16	Withdrawn
PD IEC/TR 61292-9:2017	Optical amplifiers. Semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) Categories: Amplifiers \| Optic amplifiers Withdrawn begins : 2023-02-01	Withdrawn
PD IEC/TR 61292-9:2013	Optical amplifiers. Semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) Categories: Amplifiers \| Optic amplifiers Withdrawn begins : 2018-02-09	Withdrawn
PD IEC/TR 61292-6:2010	Optical amplifiers. Distributed Raman amplification Categories: Amplifiers \| Optic amplifiers Withdrawn begins : 2023-02-01	Withdrawn
PD IEC/TR 61292-4:2014	Optical amplifiers. Maximum permissible optical power for the damage-free and safe use of optical amplifiers, including Raman amplifiers Categories: Amplifiers \| Optic amplifiers Withdrawn begins : 2023-02-01	Withdrawn
PD IEC/TR 61292-4:2010	Optical amplifier technical reports. Maximum permissible optical power for the damage-free and safe use of optical amplifiers, including Raman amplifiers Categories: Amplifiers \| Optic amplifiers Withdrawn begins : 2014-11-14	Withdrawn
PD IEC/TR 61292-1:2009	Optical amplifiers. Parameters of amplifier components Categories: Amplifiers \| Optic amplifiers Withdrawn begins : 2022-07-29	Withdrawn