In the 1990's Fiberguide developed 2-dimensional arrays of single mode fibers to meet extraordinarily demanding specifications of Lucent Technologies' Bell Laboratories. They needed the centerlines of 361 fibers in a 19 x 19 array to be positioned to an absolute accuracy of ± 2.0 microns over the entire array. This required a positioning accuracy beyond that possible with conventional ma... (read more)

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Arrays are manufactured using highly precision etched silicon wafer V-Groove technology providing exceptional control of fiber-to-fiber pitch and linearity, in conjunction with a silicon lid enabling sub-micron accuracy. The V-Groove chips provide a multi-fiber housing that is exceedingly lightweight, low profile and highly robust, designed for next generation high perf... (read more)

Tapered optical fibers can be made either by fusing a short tapered section onto a longer fixed diameter fiber, or, by very carefully controlling the drawing process to produce a single continuous fiber with an integral tapered section. Fiberguide used the latter process since it results in superior fiber strength, alignment precision and optical power transmission. Tapered optical fibers cause... (read more)

Fiberoptics Technology Inc. (FTI) announces the development of a proprietary process to fuse optical, leaded glass fibers at the input, eliminating epoxy to improve high temperature and transmission performance. The process will be used to manufacture high end medical light guides and industrial components. (read more)

Fiberoptic Systems, Inc. offers novel optical fiber types, diameters, and placement for OEM customers with leading edge applications. Placement accuracy is less than 5um. Fiber options range from 25 to 1500um core diameter and available fiber types include fused silica, borosilicate, zirconium fluoride, silver halide, and sapphire fibers. (read more)

When looking for a fiber with a high numerical aperture (N.A.) for more efficient light coupling, the Superguide™ PCS is the low cost fiber of choice. The pure fused silica (SiO2) used in the core of the Superguide™ fiber is made by reacting silicon tetrachloride (SiCl4) with oxygen (O2) using an oxy-hydrogen flame resulting in superior ultraviolet (UV) to visible (VIS) transmis (read more)

When looking for a low cost fiber with a high numerical aperture (N.A.) for more efficient light coupling, the Anhydroguide™ PCS is the fiber of choice. With an N.A. of 0.37 and a plastic cladding that allows a high core-to-clad ratio, satisfies those requirements and more. The pure fused silica (SiO2) used in the core of the Anhydroguide™ fiber is made by reacting silicon tetra (read more)

OFS Specialty Photonics offers four new premium erbium/ytterbium double clad fibers for high-power amplifiers and lasers. These new fibers, as well as gain modules assembled using these fibers, offer high efficiency and lower overall fiber laser cost in LIDAR, material processing, test and measurement, and related applications. Fibers are offered with standard single mode (conventional 6μ... (read more)

The glass fiber technology offers Single-mode (SM) and Multi-mode (MM) fibers. (read more)

As Plastic Optical Fiber (POF) has a very low insertion loss, it is the optimum choice for applications with short distances up to 50m. Typical applications can be found in mainly industrial applications like robots and handling machinery. (read more)