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PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER

Light is guided in the central core of the PCFs. Air hole sizes, spacings between air holes and core diameter are on a micrometer scale.

Highly Nonlinear

Double Core

Polarization Maintaining

Photonic crystal fibers(PCF), also know as microstructured fibers or holey fibers, are a completely new range of optical fibers offering significant new possibilities and functionality in the world of speciality fibers in particular and optical components in general. The Photonic Crystal Fiber is a novel kind optical fiber featured by a periodic modulation of refractive index of its clad. This modulation can be realized by holes or by other material rods embedded in the clad. The mechanism of lightwave guidance in a PCF is essentially based on the photonic bandgap effect and total internal reflection. Here, a periodic array of large air holes is being used to trap a guided mode in a pure silica defect (index guidance). The use of such large air holes results in extraordinary dispersion properties for the fibre. The strong wavelength dependency of the effective refractive index and the inherently large design flexibility of the PCFs allows a whole new range of novel properties. Such properties include endlessly singlemoded fibers with anomalous dispersion in the visible wavelength region. We also produce fibers according to specific requirements from our customers.

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LARGE MODE AREA PHOTONIC

CRYSTAL FIBER
Advantages Handles high power levels without nonlinearites Low fiber loss Endlessly single-mode Pure silica fiber Easy alignment Applications Single-mode high power delivery Photonic crystal fibers use a microstructured cladding region with air holes to Mode filtering guide light in a pure silica core, giving rise to novel functionalities. Single-mode pigtailing Our large core photonic crystal fiber combines a large effective mode field area Short pulse delivery (~25 m2) and low loss to also high power delivery without nonlinear effects or material damage. With standard technology you have to trade large mode area fibers provide single-mode operation in a large wavelength range. The fiber is available with hermetically sealed ends and connectors of your choice. Cross-section of Fiber Structure Measured Near Field

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Typical Measured Spectral Attenuation

Specifications Material: Cladding diameter: Coating diameter: Coating material: Core size, d: Optical Properties: Zero dispersion wavelength Attenuation@532nm: Attenuation@635nm: Attenuation@700-1064nm Attenuation@1550nm Cut-off wavelength: Mode field diameter Numerical aperture @450nm: Numerical aperture @635nm: Numerical aperture @780nm: Numerical aperture @980nm: Numerical aperture @1064nm: Numerical aperture @1550nm: Splice loss @1550nm * *Spliced to standard single-mode fiber <0.8dB None 6.01.0m 0.0590.01 0.0830.01 0.080.01 0.090.01 0.10.01 ~0.05 <0.011dB/m <7dB/km <1dB/km None 7.51.0m None 11.51.5m <0.01dB/m 119515nm <0.03dB/m LMA-8 Pure Silica 1255m 24510m Acrylate 8.50.3m LMA-10 Pure Silica 1252m 2405m Acrylate 101m LMA-15 Pure Silica 2305m 40510m Acrylate 150.5m

Typical Measured Dispersion

Test & Measurement

LMA-20 Pure Silica 2685m 41010m Acrylate 25.20.4m

LMA-25 Pure Silica 229.55m 34010m Acrylate 20.00.4m

<3.5dB/m <1.5dB/m None 19.82.0m

<3.5dB/km <1.5dB/km None 151.5m

Fiber Alignment

0.0410.01 0.060.01

0.0410.01 0.0550.01

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