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New Coating System

OFS Specialty Photonics Division has qualified and introduced a new dual-acrylate coating system for the ClearLite® and TruePhase® fiber product lines at our Avon facility. "This new coating is a variant from the same supplier and is used throughout OFS locations, so it is well understood," says Jim Moore, Product Manager for Single Mode Fibers.

Originally developed for demanding long-distance telecommunications fibers and undersea applications, the new coating exhibits modest improvements in minimizing induced loss through temperature cycling. "The coating exhibits improved performance in humid environments and better isolates the glass from external stresses, reducing microbend losses," Moore explains.

ClearLite fiber encompasses several families of photonic fibers, each optimized for different applications: 980, 1310 & 1550, Micro, Specialty Coated, Short Wavelength, and Polarization-Maintaining.

TruePhase fiber includes all of OFS’s non-doped polarization maintaining fibers. These are single mode fibers optimized for different wavelengths and cladding size requirements.

The new coating system was qualified and introduced into manufacturing for all Avon dual-acrylate coated fibers as of January 2006. For more information, contact your account executive.

 

 

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