Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components - Basic test and measurement procedures - Part 3-50: Examinations and measurements - Crosstalk for optical spatial switches

IEC 61300-3-50:2025 describes the procedure to measure the crosstalk of optical signals between the ports of a multiport M x N (M input ports and N output ports) fibre optic spatial switch. This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2013. This edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition: a) revising structure of the document.

Lichtwellenleiter - Verbindungselemente und passive Bauteile - Grundlegende Prüf- und Messverfahren - Teil 3-50: Untersuchungen und Messungen - Übersprechen bei räumlichen optischen Schaltern

Dispositifs d’interconnexion et composants passifs fibroniques - Procédures fondamentales d’essai et de mesure - Partie 3-50: Examens et mesurages - Diaphonie relative aux commutateurs spatiaux optiques

L'IEC 61300-3-50:2025 décrit la procédure en vue de mesurer la diaphonie des signaux optiques entre les ports d'un commutateur spatial multiport fibronique M × N (M ports d'entrée et N ports de sortie). Cette deuxième édition annule et remplace la première édition parue en 2013 et elle constitue une révision technique. Cette édition inclut les modifications techniques majeures suivantes par rapport à l'édition précédente: a) la révision de la structure du document.

Optični spojni elementi in pasivne komponente - Osnovni preskusni in merilni postopki - 3-50. del: Preiskave in meritve - Presluh pri optičnih prostorskih stikalih (IEC 61300-3-50:2025)

IEC 61300-3-50:2025 opisuje postopek za merjenje presluha optičnih signalov med vrati večvratnega M x N (M vhodnih vrat in N izhodnih vrat) prostorskega optičnega stikala. Ta druga izdaja preklicuje in nadomešča prvo izdajo, objavljeno leta 2013. Ta izdaja predstavlja tehnično revizijo.
Ta izdaja vključuje naslednje pomembne tehnične spremembe v primerjavi s prejšnjo izdajo:
a) revizija strukture dokumenta.

General Information

Status
Published
Publication Date
12-Feb-2026
Current Stage
6060 - Document made available - Publishing
Start Date
13-Feb-2026
Due Date
31-Dec-2025
Completion Date
13-Feb-2026

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Effective Date
22-Jan-2023
Effective Date
22-Jan-2023
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10-Feb-2026
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03-Feb-2026
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03-Feb-2026
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03-Feb-2026
Effective Date
20-Feb-2026
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20-Feb-2026
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20-Feb-2026
Effective Date
20-Feb-2026

Overview

EN IEC 61300-3-50:2026, published by CLC and based on IEC 61300-3-50:2025, is an international standard focused on defining basic test and measurement procedures for fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components. Specifically, this standard covers the examination and measurement of crosstalk in optical spatial switches with multiple input (M) and output (N) ports, commonly referred to as M × N fibre optic spatial switches.

This second edition, which supersedes the 2013 version, introduces technical revisions and a reorganized structure to enhance clarity and usability. It provides manufacturers, laboratories, and network integrators with a reliable method for quantifying crosstalk - a critical parameter in maintaining signal integrity and minimizing noise in fibre optic networks.

Key Topics

  • Crosstalk Definition: Describes crosstalk as the ratio of unintended optical signal power at a given switch port to the intended signal power, expressed in decibels (dB). Proper understanding of crosstalk is essential for assessing switch isolation and network performance.
  • Test Set-Up: Outlines the required equipment, including light sources, polarization controllers, temporary joints, terminations, and high-dynamic-range optical detectors.
  • Measurement Procedure: Provides step-by-step guidance for the reliable measurement of crosstalk across all port combinations, with special attention to polarization dependency (for single-mode devices) and launch conditions (for multimode devices).
  • Calculation Methods: Details approaches for calculating crosstalk for specific port pairs and the total crosstalk across the device, which are crucial for evaluating total system noise.
  • Reporting Requirements: Specifies the information to include in measurement reports, such as device characteristics, equipment configuration, uncertainty factors, and performance requirements.

Applications

EN IEC 61300-3-50:2026 is vital for organizations involved in:

  • Fibre Optic Component Manufacturing: Ensuring quality control for spatial switches used in telecom or data center environments.
  • R&D and Laboratory Testing: Conducting standardized measurements for component development and comparative analysis of device performance.
  • Network Design and Integration: Verifying switch specifications for deployment in optical transmission networks, multiplexers, and switching nodes.
  • Quality Assurance and Compliance: Providing evidence of conformity with international standards, which is essential for market access and network reliability.

By using the standardized procedures in this document, stakeholders can confidently compare crosstalk performance across devices and support the design of robust, low-noise optical networks.

Related Standards

EN IEC 61300-3-50:2026 references and aligns with several key standards in the field of fibre optic testing and measurement:

  • IEC 60876-1: Generic specification for fibre optic spatial switches.
  • IEC 61300-1: General guidance on basic test and measurement procedures for fibre optic interconnecting devices.
  • IEC 61300-3-2: Procedures for measuring polarization dependent loss in single-mode devices.
  • IEC/TS 62627-09: Vocabulary for passive optical devices, ensuring uniform terminology.
  • IEC 62074-1: Generic specification for fibre optic WDM (wavelength division multiplexing) devices.
  • IEC 61300-3-29: Test methods for spectral transfer characteristics in DWDM components.

Practical Value

Adhering to EN IEC 61300-3-50:2026 provides the following practical benefits:

  • Improved Measurement Accuracy: Standardized procedures reduce measurement uncertainty and aid repeatability.
  • Interoperability: Consistent test results help ensure compatibility and performance across different manufacturers and suppliers.
  • Enhanced Network Performance: Accurate crosstalk assessment is crucial for minimizing interference and achieving high optical signal-to-noise ratios (OSNR) in demanding environments.

For stakeholders in telecommunications, data centers, and fibre optics manufacturing, compliance with EN IEC 61300-3-50:2026 is a cornerstone for quality, reliability, and international competitiveness in optical spatial switching technology.

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EN IEC 61300-3-50:2026 is a standard published by CLC. Its full title is "Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components - Basic test and measurement procedures - Part 3-50: Examinations and measurements - Crosstalk for optical spatial switches". This standard covers: IEC 61300-3-50:2025 describes the procedure to measure the crosstalk of optical signals between the ports of a multiport M x N (M input ports and N output ports) fibre optic spatial switch. This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2013. This edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition: a) revising structure of the document.

IEC 61300-3-50:2025 describes the procedure to measure the crosstalk of optical signals between the ports of a multiport M x N (M input ports and N output ports) fibre optic spatial switch. This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2013. This edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition: a) revising structure of the document.

EN IEC 61300-3-50:2026 is classified under the following ICS (International Classification for Standards) categories: 33.180.20 - Fibre optic interconnecting devices. The ICS classification helps identify the subject area and facilitates finding related standards.

EN IEC 61300-3-50:2026 has the following relationships with other standards: It is inter standard links to EN 61300-3-50:2013, EN 61300-3-50:2013/AC:2015, IEC TS 62627-09:2016, EN IEC 61300-1:2022, EN 60876-1:2014, EN 61300-3-2:2009, EN 61300-1:2016, EN IEC 61753-071-02:2020, EN 61753-071-2:2014, EN IEC 62343-3-4:2018. Understanding these relationships helps ensure you are using the most current and applicable version of the standard.

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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-april-2026
Nadomešča:
SIST EN 61300-3-50:2013
SIST EN 61300-3-50:2013/AC:2015
Optični spojni elementi in pasivne komponente - Osnovni preskusni in merilni
postopki - 3-50. del: Preiskave in meritve - Presluh pri optičnih prostorskih stikalih
(IEC 61300-3-50:2025)
Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components - Basic test and
measurement procedures - Part 3-50: Examinations and measurements - Crosstalk for
optical spatial switches (IEC 61300-3-50:2025)
Lichtwellenleiter - Verbindungselemente und passive Bauteile - Grundlegende Prüf- und
Messverfahren - Teil 3-50: Untersuchungen und Messungen - Übersprechen bei
räumlichen optischen Schaltern (IEC 61300-3-50:2025)
Dispositifs d'interconnexion et composants passifs à fibres optiques - Procédures
fondamentales d'essais et de mesures - Partie 3-50: Examens et mesures - Diaphonie
relative aux commutateurs spatiaux optiques (IEC 61300-3-50:2025)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 61300-3-50:2026
ICS:
33.180.20 Povezovalne naprave za Fibre optic interconnecting
optična vlakna devices
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN IEC 61300-3-50

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM February 2026
ICS 33.180.20 Supersedes EN 61300-3-50:2013; EN 61300-3-
50:2013/AC:2015; EN 61300-3-50:2013/AC:2015-09
English Version
Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components -
Basic test and measurement procedures - Part 3-50:
Examinations and measurements - Crosstalk for optical spatial
switches
(IEC 61300-3-50:2025)
Dispositifs d'interconnexion et composants passifs Lichtwellenleiter - Verbindungselemente und passive
fibroniques - Procédures fondamentales d'essai et de Bauteile - Grundlegende Prüf- und Messverfahren - Teil 3-
mesure - Partie 3-50: Examens et mesurages - Diaphonie 50: Untersuchungen und Messungen - Übersprechen bei
relative aux commutateurs spatiaux optiques räumlichen optischen Schaltern
(IEC 61300-3-50:2025) (IEC 61300-3-50:2025)
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2026-01-19. CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC
Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.
Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC
Management Centre or to any CENELEC member.
This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation
under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the
same status as the official versions.
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Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the
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Türkiye and the United Kingdom.

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© 2026 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members.
Ref. No. EN IEC 61300-3-50:2026 E

European foreword
The text of document 86B/5129/FDIS, future edition 2 of IEC 61300-3-50, prepared by SC 86B "Fibre
optic interconnecting devices and passive components" of IEC/TC 86 "Fibre optics" was submitted to
the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as EN IEC 61300-3-50:2026.
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which the document has to be implemented at national (dop) 2027-02-28
level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the (dow) 2027-02-28
document have to be withdrawn
This document supersedes EN 61300-3-50:2013 and all of its amendments and corrigenda (if any).
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national committee. A
complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CENELEC website.
Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 61300-3-50:2025 was approved by CENELEC as a
European Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standard indicated:
IEC 62074-1 NOTE Approved as EN IEC 62074-1
IEC 61300-3-29 NOTE Approved as EN 61300-3-29
Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments)
applies.
NOTE 1  Where an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod),
the relevant EN/HD applies.
NOTE 2  Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is available
here: www.cencenelec.eu.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 60876-1 - Fibre optic interconnecting devices and EN 60876-1 -
passive components - Fibre optic spatial
switches - Part 1: Generic specification
IEC 61300-1 - Fibre optic interconnecting devices and EN IEC 61300-1 -
passive components - Basic test and
measurement procedures - Part 1: General
and guidance
IEC 61300-3-2 - Fibre optic interconnecting devices and EN 61300-3-2 -
passive components - Basic test and
measurement procedures - Part 3-2:
Examination and measurements -
Polarization dependent loss in a single-
mode fibre optic device
IEC/TS 62627-09 - Fibre optic interconnecting devices and - -
passive components - Vocabulary for
passive optical devices
IEC 61300-3-50 ®
Edition 2.0 2025-12
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components - Basic test and
measurement procedures -
Part 3-50: Examinations and measurements - Crosstalk for optical spatial
switches
ICS 33.180.20  ISBN 978-2-8327-0906-1

IEC 61300-3-50:2025-12(en)
IEC 61300-3-50:2025 © IEC 2025
CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 2
1 Scope . 4
2 Normative references . 4
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms . 4
3.1 Terms and definitions. 4
3.2 Abbreviated terms . 4
4 General description . 5
5 Apparatus . 6
5.1 Light source S . 6
5.2 Temporary joint TJ . 6
5.3 Terminations T . 6
5.4 Detector D . 7
6 Measurement procedure . 7
6.1 General . 7
6.2 Test set-up . 7
6.3 Measurement of P . 7
6.4 Measurement of P . 7
6.5 Measurement of P (i = 3 to N) . 8
i
6.6 Measurement for other input ports . 8
7 Calculation . 8
7.1 Calculation of crosstalk for specified port pairs . 8
7.2 Calculation of total crosstalk for a specified output port . 9
7.3 Crosstalk of M × N fibre optic switch . 10
7.4 Total crosstalk of M × N fibre optic switch . 10
8 Details to be specified and reported . 10
Bibliography . 11

Figure 1 – Crosstalk for N × 1 optical switch . 5
Figure 2 – Measurement set-up of crosstalk for 1 × N optical switch . 5
Figure 3 – Measurement setup of P . 7
Figure 4 – Measurement setup of P . 8
IEC 61300-3-50:2025 © IEC 2025
INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION
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Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components -
Basic test and measurement procedures -
Part 3-50: Examinations and measurements -
Crosstalk for optical spatial switches

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This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2013. This edition
constitutes a technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous
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a) revising structure of the document.
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