Advantages
- Broad UV/VIS/NIR spectral range
- Wide range of core and cladding geometries (e.g.,square, rectangular, or octagonal)
- Homogeneous power distribution
- Very low NA expansion
- Excellent image scrambling characteristics
- No need for laser beam-shaping optics
- High resistance against laser damage
- Step-index profile
- Biocompatible material
- ISO9001 compliant manufacturing environment
- Sterilizable using ETO and other methods
- Option of fully customized fiber production
- CE mark
Wavelength / spectral range
ArmD® UV Shaped: 190 – 1200 nm
ArmD® NIR Shaped: 300 – 2400 nm
Numerical aperture (NA)
0.16 ± 0.02 | 0.22 ± 0.02 | 0.28 ± 0.02 or customised -190
Operating temperature
to +350 °C
Core diameter
Geometries and diameters upon request
OH Content
ArmD® UV Shaped: high (> 700 ppm)
ArmD® NIR Shaped: low (< 1 ppm)
Fibers with OH contents < 0,25 ppm
Standard core / cladding ratios
1 : 1.06 | 1 : 1.1 | 1 : 1.2 | 1 : 1.4 or customized
Standard prooftest
100 kpsi (nylon, ETFE, acrylate cladding)
70 kpsi (polyimide cladding)
Minimum bending radius
50 × cladding diameter (short-term mechanical stress)
150 × core diameter (during use with high laser power)
Attenuation
The following diagrams provide an overview of attenuation values relative to the wavelengths:
ArmD® UV Shaped
ArmD® NIR Shaped
Applications
The preferred option for applications such as laser surface treatments, astronomy applications, and numerous others.
- 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
