A fiber patch cable is a fiber optic cable with connectors on both ends. They are also called fiber jumpers. Used to connect optical transceivers ↔ transceivers, switches ↔ patch panels, or cross-connect. At ZION Communication, we design and manufacture a full range of fiber patch cords for: This guide will help you quickly understand the main types of fiber patch cords and how to choose the right solution for your project – and how ZION can support you with stable quality, flexible customization. Thorlabs manufactures and stocks a range of optical fibers and patch cables based on single mode (SM), polarization maintaining (PM), multimode (MM), or specialty (e., photonic crystal, double clad, and rare-earth doped) fiber. If our selection of stocked patch cables does not meet your needs, we also offer custom patch cable services. These high quality parts offer low insertion loss, high back reflection and excellent repeatability. These fiber optic cables have been built to exceed industry standards tested for insertion loss and reflectance on within UL certified OFNR (Riser) rated jacket with Kevlar yarn, and are factory terminated. Our extensive offering of fiber optic cables, connectors, cassettes, enclosures, patch cords, cable assemblies, cable distribution products and accessories deliver high performance, reliability, and scalability.