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Trade Show Appearances

Trade show season in fiber optics is winding down a bit for the summer. But, before we start preparing for our next appearances at ECOC in Brussels, Belgium, and CIOE in Shenzhen, China, both in September, we wanted to share some photos from some of our most recent shows. We shared booth space with the OFS Cable Division at UTC Telecom in Orlando, Florida in May. We hosted a table top at the CLEO conference in San Jose, also in May. And we shared booth space with our parent company, Furukawa Electric Company, at the MD&M East medical show in New York City in June. The photos showcase our new visual appearance, and if you look closely, you’ll see our continued focus on the vertical integration we’re known for: fiber, cable, assemblies, and other fiber optic components and modules all from one source.

Dr. Timothy Murray Named CEO of OFS
(Business Wire - June 17, 2008) NORCROSS, Ga. - OFS today announced that its Board of Directors has elected Timothy Murray,
56, as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, effective June 20, 2008.
Dr. Murray currently serves as Chief Operating Officer of the company.
Dr. Timothy Murray, CEO >>

New Journal Article to be Published
What is the upper use temperature for specialty optical fibers? Can they function indefinitely at 100°C? What about 200°C or 300°C? Demand is increasing for fibers that can be used in high-temperature applications, such as high-power delivery for medical surgery, fiber lasers for metal cutting, and downhole temperature sensing in oil wells. Optical fiber performance under these conditions has not been sufficiently understood. Silica, itself, can survive exceptionally high temperatures. It is, instead, the various coatings we apply to the glass to protect it from other elements and conditions than heat that limit its functionality under extreme temperatures. A white paper, by Andrei Stolov, Debra Simoff, and Jie Li, all scientists from the Specialty Photonics Division in Avon, Connecticut, and entitled “Thermal Stability of Specialty Optical Fibers,” has been accepted for publication in the August, 2008 issue of the Journal of Lightwave Technology. In their work, they clarify the concept of thermal stability, and based on the results, estimate the long-term use temperatures for various specialty optical fibers.

GeoFibers
For various reasons that would not be a mystery to anyone living almost anywhere in the industrialized world, the productivity of existing oil wells is becoming increasingly important these days. For this application, called Distributed Temperature Sensing, and
other geophysical applications,
. . . GeoFibers >>