These options will be restricited by your specific environmental requirements including temperature, pressure, chemical media and bundle size, among other criteria.
Please detail any requirements that may be present, or if a desired option is not found below.
Fiber Optics
- Step-index fibers from <50um to over 2000um
- Wavelength ranges:
- UV (180-1100nm)
- Standard grade UV/Vis
- NIR (<400-2400nm)
- Standard grade Vis/NIR
- Broad Band (<275-2100nm)
- Wide range, higher attenuation at select peaks
- Solarization Resistant UV
- For high power UV sources <280nm
- Other specialty fiber ranges include IR grades
- Silica/Silica
- Core/clad ratio: 1.10
- Options include 1.05 to 1.40
- Numerical Aperture: 0.22±0.02
- Options include 0.10 to 0.53
- Core/clad ratio: 1.10
- Hard/Plastic Clad Silica:
- Core/clad ratio: core + 30um
- Numerical Aperture 0.37/0.39
- Options include 0.22 to 0.48
- Plastic optical fiber
- Core Diameter
- Typically .010, .020, .030, .040 & .060″
- Numerical Aperture: > 0.50
- Core Diameter
- Fiber Buffers Operating Ranges:
- Acrylate -40ºC to 85ºC
- Nylon -40ºC to 100ºC
- Tefzel -40ºC to 150ºC
- Intermittent up to 200ºC
- Silicone -40ºC to 150ºC
- Polyimide -65ºC to 300ºC
- Intermittent up to 400ºC
- Aluminum -269ºC to 400ºC
- Gold -269ºC to 700ºC
- Bending Radii:
- < 100x intermittently, to 300x long term. Values depend on factors including the type of fiber, temperature, fiber proof test level, number of fibers and dynamic motion of the installed fiber.
Connectors / Terminations:
- Large core Connectors:
- SMA-905 / 906
- ST/FC w/metal ferrule
- Ceramic Ferrules
- Ø1/4” x 2” or 3” Long SS 303/4
- Ø10mm x 50mm SS 303/4
- Custom ferrules and materials for your application
Cabling:
- 2.0, 2.8, 3.0 & 3.8mm Furcation Tubing
- Various colors and sizes
- PVC rated for 0°C to 70°C*
- Polyurethane for -40ºC to 85ºC*
- More flexible/abrasion resistant than PVC
- Stainless Steel Monocoil with Black PVC Jacket
- rated for -40°C to 100°C*
- SS Monocoil with Fiberglass Braid, Grey Silicon Rubber
- rated for -40°C to 200°C*
- SS Interlock (available with outer jacketing)
- Polyimide Tubing
- Various plastic, rubber and blended varities of tubing
* Cabling may be used outside of these temperature ranges, but brittleness, flexibility and softening should be considered when operating near the stated minimums and maximum temperature ranges.
Coatings:
- Anti-reflection optical, AR coatings are optionable
- These can be a single or dual V coating, broadband or specialized.
- Coatings and material treatment for terminations can also be provided.