Optics.org
daily coverage of the optics & photonics industry and the markets that it serves
Featured Showcases
Photonics West Showcase
Products
Menu
Product Announcement

Customised Fibre Tips

21 Sep 2021

Production and Development Go Hand in Hand when Finding the Best Solution 

When fulfilling customer requests in fibre optics, LASER COMPONENTS’ production department works closely with the company’s cross-disciplinary R&D team. This has the advantage that the fibre engineers also benefit from the experience gained by other departments such as thin-film technology and electrical engineering. 

Thanks to this exchange of experience at the Olching site and investments in modern production equipment, LASER COMPONENTS is in a position to provide fibre ends with different, customised “fibre tips.” In this way, the properties of the transmitted light can be optimised or modified according to customer requirements.  

Shaped fibres include spherical lenses for medical applications. The fibre end, which is shaped into a sphere, collimates the outgoing beam and at the same time significantly reduces the risk of injury inside the body. 

End caps increase the damage threshold of the fibre when coupling high optical power. They prevent the fibre from being destroyed under the high power density. The beam properties remain unchanged. 

Tapers are fibre ends in which the diameter is tapered by drawing the fibre. The size ratio between the core and cladding diameter remains unchanged. This results in the beam leaving the fibre with a larger beam angle. 

“Our fibre tips are individually manufactured according to customer specifications and can also be equipped with anti-reflective coatings upon request,” explains Dr. Stefan Hanf, fibre optics production manager at LASER COMPONENTS. “Of course, we are also always ready to find innovative solutions for extraordinary requirements together with our R&D team.” 

Further information https://www.lasercomponents.com/uk/fiber-optics/fiber-assemblies/

CONTACT DETAILS
Laser Components (UK) Ltd
Goldlay House
114 Parkway
Chelmsford
Essex
CM2 7PR
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 1245 491 499
Fax: +44 1245 491 801
Email Us
Web Site
© 2024 SPIE Europe
Top of Page