Fibre optics

3SAE Technologies has developed an automated ball lensing station to create fibre optic ball lenses – rounded-edge fibre cleaves for use in precision laser technologies

Laser Components has introduced enhanced AR coatings designed for use on optical fibres, which reduce coatings reflections by nearly 3 per cent at the glass/air interface

Fiberguide's new line of high power mode stripping SMA cables include assemblies that operate above 150W with a 200µm core without the need for active water cooling

Leoni Fiber Optics has introduced a line of standard and custom medical probes for the laser energy transmission of argon, Nd:YAG excimer, KTP and diode lasers

Laser Components now offers high-power cables with connectors and copper ferrules. The use of copper as a ferrule material guarantees optimal heat removal

Laser Components has introduced its Fibercheck device for testing the condition of optical fibres by simply coupling a good visible laser light into the fibre to be checked

Arden Photonics has introduced the VFI-1200, an interferometric inspection system for checking the end-face quality and flatness of fibres with diameters of 125-1200µm

FiberTech RoMack, a Leoni Fiber Optics business unit, has introduced its Planar Lightwave Circuits (PLC), which include single mode 1 x N and 2 x N broadband splitters with up to 64 channels

Fiberlogix has introduced a range of passive components designed for high power lasers, including power monitors, polarisers, and isolators. The devices are suitable for wavelengths around 2µm

Laser Components has introduced a range of optical fibre switches designed for various laser measurement and microscopy applications