OFS Datasheets for Specialty Optical Fiber

Specialty optical fiber is modified, usually by doping, for a specialized function. It consists of one or more transparent fibers enclosed in a protective covering.
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Designed for performance in exceptional environments, OFS offers two PYROCOAT polyimide coated, high NA fibers, one operating at 1550 nm and the other at both 1310 and 1550 nm. PYROCOAT...
Designed for performance in exceptional environments, these fibers operate at the standard transmission wavelengths of 1310 and 1550 nm. Both of these fibers are coated with PYROCOAT™ polyimide coating that...
For ASE source applications
For coupling to LED and laser sources, these larger core diameter fibers connect more efficiently and less expensively than single-mode or graded-index fibers. For medical applications, they are USP Class...
For high efficiency over a wide range of pump powers at 980 nm, we offer these fibers for operation in the C-Band. Regular and reduced 80 µm cladding versions are...
High NA fiber captures more input power with very low bend-induced attenuation, high coupling efficiency. It allows more light to be collected in delicate sensing applications. The hard clad silica...
High OH concentration in these fibers results in efficient power transmission in the wavelength range from high UV through visible light. The all-silica base construction also creates a high damage...
High-temperature environments are accommodated with the application of our proprietary polyimide PYROCOAT coating, taking the fiber from -65 to +300°C, even up to 400°C for short-duration soldering operations. High OH...
HP980X erbium-doped fiber is designed to provide high efficiency and spectral flatness for improved performance in high-power DWDM and CATV amplifiers. The co-dopant composition and waveguide design allow high-power conversion...
Launch fibers are a family of multimode step-index fibers in an all-silica construction. They are designed with low numerical apertures and are available in a variety of core diameters. These...
Low OH concentration optimizes these fibers for use in the near-IR wavelengths. Biocompatibility features make these fibers ideal for laser surgery and other medical applications. The all-silica base construction creates...
Low OH concentration, together with biocompatibility features, makes these fibers ideal for laser surgery and other medical applicatiions. The all-silica base construction also creates a high damage threshold and high-performance...
LRL erbium-doped fiber reduces the fiber length required to build L-Band amplifiers. It is ideal for amplifiers for L-Band applications. Using both LRL and LSL erbium-doped fibers in an amplifier...
LSL standard and reduced cladding, erbium-doped fibers provide high efficiency, low noise figure, and spectral flatness in L-Band DWDM amplifiers. These fibers have been deployed in the largest volumes in...
MP980 erbium-doped fiber is an industry standard and is a versatile erbium-doped fiber for all DWDM and CATV amplifier applications, with over 6000 km shipped to date. Excellent gain consistency...
OFS Highly Non-Linear Fiber combines a high non-linear coefficient with numerical small group velocity dispersion. The fiber design includes a high delta core, doped with GeO2, and surrounded by a...
OFS offers a complete line of erbium-doped fibers with a high NA and moderate erbium concentration for ASE source applications. The 80 µm clad allows for very tight bend radii...
OFS offers a full line of ClearLite Polarization-Maintai ning Photonic Fibers, including these TruePhase fibers at the 1550 nm wavelength with both standard 400 μm and reduced buffer 245 μm...
OFS offers Micro 820-16 fiber for use in couplers, pigtails, sensors, and other photonic devices operating at 820 nm. Micro photonic fibers are designed with cladding ODs of 80 μm...
OFS offers the R37003X and R37004X erbium-doped fibers from a line of C-Band amplifier products. These fibers feature excellent spectral reproducibility and batch-to- batch uniformity, drawing on more than 15...
OFS offers this fiber for high performance in exceptionally humid environments. The carbon is applied as a base coating to provide hermetic protection to the fiber. Most optical fiber breaks...
OFS offers this fiber optimized for use in pigtailing pump laser diodes emitting at 980 nm. 980 fibers with larger MFDs couple more light from the diode into the fiber.
OFS offers three Micro 1310 Photonic Fibers operating at the standard transmission wavelengths of 1310 and 1550 nm and for use in WDM fused fiber couplers and other photonic devices.
OFS offers two erbium-doped fibers designed specifically for L-Band amplifiers operating in the 1565 - 1610 nm region. These fibers give high efficiency and low noise figure, while reducing the...
OFS offers two fibers operating at the standard transmission wavelengths of 1310 and 1550 nm. The difference between these fibers is the NA and corresponding MFD. The 1310-16 Fiber is...
OFS offers two Micro 980-17 fiber operating at both 980 and 1550 nm for use in WDM fused fiber couplers and other photonic devices. Micro photonic fibers are designed with...
OFS offers two Micro Photonic Fibers operating at 1550 nm for use in gyroscopes, military cables and devices, fused fiber couplers and other photonic devices. Micro photonic fibers are designed...
OFS Raman Fibers are specifically designed for applications where a high Raman gain efficiency is required. Both standard PM types are designed with a high index core and a small...
OFS Short Wavelength Photonic Fibers are differentiated by operating wavelength. Offered in a standard size 125 μm core with 245 μm dual-acrylate coating, these fibers perform in a wide variety...
OFS Specialty Photonics Division offers a full line of ClearLite Polarization- Maintaining Photonic Fibers, including these TruePhase fibers at the 1310 nm wavelength with both standard 400 μm and reduced...
OFS Specialty Photonics Division offers a full line of ClearLite Polarization-Maintai ning Photonic Fibers, including these TruePhase fibers at the 14XX nm wavelength with both standard 400 μm and polarization-sensiti...
OFS Specialty Photonics Division offers a full line of ClearLite Polarization-Maintai ning Photonic Fibers, including these TruePhase fibers at the 980 nm wavelength with both standard 400 μm and reduced...
OFS Specialty Photonics Division offers a full line of ClearLite Polarization-Maintai ning Photonic Fibers, including this TruePhase fiber with 80 μm diameter cladding at the 980 nm wavelength, with 165...
Our full line of fibers operating at 1550 nm includes a variety of coating options, NAs, and mode field diameters to optimize performance in different applications. The longer cutoff of...
Single-mode GeoFibers are designed for use in geophysical applications at the dual wavelengths of 1310/1550 nm. They are offered with two different numerical apertures (NA) of 0.11 and 0.16. In...
Termination fiber is a coreless silica fiber. It is a useful device for eliminating back reflections from unused branches of a multi-port device as well as performing return loss measurements.
The 125 μm single-mode core of this fiber is co-doped with both erbium and ytterbium. It is then surrounded by a silica cladding and covered with a low-index protective coating.
The 125 μm single-mode core of this polarization-maintai ning fiber is co-doped with both erbium and ytterbium. It is then surrounded by a silica cladding and covered with a low-index...
The high-numerical aperture low-OH content of these fibers result in a large usage window. Low OH concentration is especially effective for using these fibers in near-IR spectroscopy applications. For laser...
The single-mode core of this fiber is doped with ytterbium. It is then surrounded by a silica cladding and covered with a low-index protective coating. The resulting double clad fiber...
The single-mode core of this polarization-maintai ning fiber is doped with ytterbium. It is then surrounded by a silica cladding and covered with a low-index protective coating. The resulting double-clad...
These fibers are available in a selection of core sizes and coating options to meet application needs for bandwidth, high temperature, hermeticity, or other specifications.
These fibers are available in a variety of core sizes and coating options to meet application needs for bandwidth, high temperature, hermeticity, or other specifications. The FlightGuide® family of aerospace...
These fibers are designed for distributed temperature sensing applications. In the mid-temperature range up to 125ºC for up to 20 years, select Geo50™ SA. When temperature requirements are higher, up...
These fibers are ideally suited for use with both 650 and 850 nm active devices. For medical applications, they are USP Class VI non toxic, biocompatible and sterilizable. Part of...
These fibers operate primarily at the 980 nm wavelength (but are also suitable for use at 1550 nm) and vary by numerical aperture. A reduced-diameter version is available for applications...
This HCS-coated and ETFE-buffered multimode graded-index fiber is ideally suited for high bandwidth communication in rugged industrial environments. The Hard Clad Silica (HCS) fiber design results in a stronger, more...
TruePhase 1310 Sensor is a polarization-maintai ning fiber that offers specialized performance for sensor applications. The fiber is designed with a smaller MFD (5.5 μm) than the standard telco TruePhase...
These fibers operate primarily at the 980 nm wavelength (but are also suitable for use at 1550 nm) and vary by numerical aperture. A reduced-diameter version is available for applications...