LATEST NEWS

FlightLink™ Fiber Optic Cable
From OFS Meets ARINC 802 Specifications for Commercial Aircraft
Avon, CT, April 5, 2010 —
OFS, Specialty Photonics Division, announces commercial availability of its new FlightLink™ cable for the air transport industry.
FlightLink Fiber Optical Cable >>

OFS Releases All-Fiber Beam Combiner, Enabling Multi-Kilowatt Fiber Laser Metal Cutting, and Other Applications
Avon, CT, April 19, 2010 —
OFS has used its extensive capabilities in specialty fiber design, manufacturing, and processing technologies to create an all-fiber beam combiner, a component which enables multi-kilowatt laser applications. OFS is now working closely with . . .
Combiner Enables Multi-Kilowatt Laser >>

OFS Specialty Photonics Division
to Exhibit for the First Time
at the 2010 ASLMS Expo
Avon, Connecticut,
April 9, 2010 —
OFS, Specialty Photonics Division (OFS), a leading provider of specialty optical fiber, cable, and assemblies, will exhibit for the first time at the 2010 American Society for Laser, Medicine, and Surgery Conference (ASLMS); located in Phoenix, Arizona, on April 15-17.
Full Press Release >>

Release of GeoSil™ Pure Silica Core Optical Fibers
Aberdeen, Scotland,
September 8, 2009 —
GeoSil Pure Core Fiber
Press Release >>

Introducing the Latest Line of Optical Fibers for Medical Applications: HCXtreme™ Fibers HCXtreme fibers are optimized to enhance performance in laser power delivery under tight bend.
HCXtreme >>

AVON, Connecticut, July 24, 2009 - OFS, Specialty Photonics Division, today announces its Avon facility’s certification to the international management system standard ISO 13485, as verified by Bureau Veritas Certification. All OFS Specialty Photonics Division facilities have maintained ISO 9001 certification to help ensure the quality and repeatability of its product manufacturing.
ISO 13485 Certification >>

HCS^® Optical Fiber family now includes the popular 62.5 μm
(core) size >>

TRADE SHOWS

Thanks for Visiting us at WindPower Expo 2010
23 - 26 May 2010
Dallas Convention Center
Dallas, Texas, USA
Booth Number C7523
www.WindPowerExpo.org >>

About Specialty Photonics Division

OFS Specialty Photonics Division is the industry leader in optical fiber design or modification for highly customized applications. It develops focused fiber solutions – the right fibers, cables, and other specialty optical fiber products – to meet the needs of established and growing industries.

OFS Specialty Photonics supplies advanced optical fibers, including specialty multimode, specialty single-mode, rare-earth doped, polarization-maintaining and other nonstandard fibers. It also manufactures specialty cables and connectors, and other specialty products, such as high-power laser components.

Products
Optical fiber. OFS Specialty Photonics offers a broad range of standard and custom specialty optical fibers. Specialty multimode fibers include HCS® and PYROCOAT® brand technologies. Also, specialty ClearLite® single-mode fibers, some of which incorporate our hermetic carbon coating expertise, TruePhase® polarization maintaining fibers, Erbium-doped fibers, and cladding pumped and large mode area fibers doped with various rare earth elements, such as Erbium, Ytterbium and Erbium/Ytterbium.

Cable. Specialty cables, such as avionic and military cables, and indoor and outdoor industrial HCS cables are manufactured here. These cables combine specialty optical fiber with cabling constructions that make installation or deployment easier and/or protect the fibers for long-term use in harsh environments.

Specialty products. OFS is a leader in high-power laser products, such as power combiners, cladding pumped and large mode area (LMA) fibers, cladding pumped fiber gain modules and cladding pumped fiber lasers (CPFLs).

We offer dispersion slope compensating modules (DSCM) and Dispersion Compensating Raman Amplifiers (DCRA) to meet unique customer specifications.

Other specialty products include connectorized assemblies, connectors, fiber Bragg gratings, termination kits and metallized pigtails.

Markets
OFS Specialty Photonics is organized to meet specific industry needs and customer challenges. Major markets include telecommunications, industrial, military and aerospace, transportation, medical and geophysical. We also specialize in fibers for cross-industry applications, such as navigation, high-power delivery and sensing.

OFS has been an approved supplier to the U.S. Military since 1987 (formerly as Ensign-Bickford Optics Co., SpecTran Specialty Optics Co., and Lucent Specialty Fiber Technologies). Our cage code is 0MZN3.

As part of a total commitment to quality and continuous improvement, OFS proudly maintains ISO 9001-2000 certification. Click here to view ISO certifications.

OFS Specialty Photonics is supported by OFS Laboratories, a world-class center of excellence for optical innovation. Spun out of Bell Labs, this heritage of pioneering technical advances has helped define the course of optical communications. Today the focus of OFS Laboratories is three-pronged: optical fiber research, photonic devices research and systems research.