1310 & 1550 PHOTONICS FIBERS
These fibers operate in the typical transmission wavelengths 1310nm and 1550nm but offer a choice of NAs from 0.12 to 0.21.

• MICRO PHOTONICS FIBERS

These micro photonics fibers are offered for use in miniature components and sensors. Reduced diameters fibers are drawn down to a cladding size of 80µm versus the standard 125µm. The operating wavelengths are 820nm through 1550nm, with NAs of 0.11 through 0.21.

• SPECIALTY COATED PHOTONICS FIBERS

While most optical fibers are coated with single or dual layer acrylate, specialty coating are called for in certain environments. These include polyimide for extreme temperature performances of –65°C to +300°C and carbon for hermetic in high humidity environments.

• SHORT WAVELENGTH PHOTONICS FIBERS

These fibers are designed for transmission of light at 630nm, 780nm or 820nm. They are used as laser pigtails, sensors and couplers at the specified wavelengths.

Note that other special wavelengths are available in other family type fibers (see data)

• PHOTOSENSITIVE PHOTONICS FIBERS

Photosensitive fibers are designed to be highly sensitive to the UV light used for writing Bragg grating into fiber. Bragg Grating are periodic changes in the index of refraction of a fiber that act as reflectors or filters, of the light passing through. The base 1310/1550 fiber is available in two different coating types, dual acrylate or polyimide.

• POLARIZATION MAINTAINING PHOTONICS FIBERS

They are designed to guide polarized light. PM fibers have built-in stresses that create two distinct axes of transmission in the fiber, each guiding light at a different speed (slow and fast). When polarized light is launched into one axis it is guided with very little cross coupling to the other axis. This preserves the polarized state of the light for polarization-sensitive components. PM operating wavelengths are 980, 1310, 14xx and 1550nm. (Other wavelengths in other design available on request)