Advantages
- Cost-effective (in comparison to silica/silica fibers)
- High concentricity
- All-dielectric, non-magnetic design
- Step-index profile
- Biocompatible material
- Sterilizable using ETO and other methods
Wavelength / spectral range
ArmD® UV-HC and ArmD® NIR-HC: 350 – 2200 nm
Numerical aperture (NA)
0.37 ± 0.02 | 0.48 ± 0.02 | 0.52±0.02 | 0.57±0.02
Operating temperature
-40 to +150 °C
Core diameter
Available from 100 to 2000 μm
OH content
ArmD® UV-HC: high (> 700 ppm)
ArmD® NIR-HC: low (< 1 ppm)
Standard prooftest
100 kpsi
Minimum bending radius
50 × cladding diameter (short-term mechanical stress)
150 × core diameter (during use with high laser power)
The following diagrams provide an overview of attenuation values relative to the wavelengths:
ArmD® UV-HC
ArmD® NIR-HC
Applications
First choice for applications from remote illumination to photodynamic therapy and more.
- Fiber type - UV = ArmD®️ UV | NIR = ArmD®️ NIR | SRC = ArmD®️ UV-SRC | SHP = ArmD®️ Shaped | NGE = ArmD®️ NIR-Ge | UHC = ArmD®️ UV-HC | NHC = ArmD®️ NIR-HC | MID = ArmD®️ MID-IR | BBD = ArmD®️ Broadband
- Standard core / cladding ratios - Core ø (μm) / Cladding ø (μm)
- Buffer - H = hard polymer buffer | S = silicone buffer | No information = no buffer
- Colour - B = black | BL = blue | W = white | Y = yellow | R = red | G = green | No information = transparent
- Jacket material - A = acrylate jacket (no buffer) | F = PFA Fluon®️ | N = nylon jacket (silicone or hard polymer jacket) T= ETFE jacket (silicone or hard polymer buffer) | P = polyimide jacket (no buffer)
- Numerical aperture (NA) - 12 = 0.12 | 28 = 0.28 | 22 = 0.22
