Advantages
- Significantly improved deep UV solarization resistance
- Hermetic coating
- Customizable Numerical Aperture (NA) from 0.12 to 0.30 available upon request
- Very low NA expansion
- Biocompatible material
- Manufactured at GMP and ISO 9001 compliant facility
Wavelength / spectral range
ArmD® UV SRC: 190 – 1200 nm
Numerical aperture (NA)
0.12 ± 0.02 | 0.15 ± 0.02 | 0.22 ± 0.02 | 0.26 ± 0.02 | 0.28 ± 0.02 or customised
Operating temperature
-190 to +150 °C
Core diameter
Available from 90 to 1000 μm
Standard core / cladding
1 : 1,06 | 1 : 1,1 | 1 : 1,2 | 1 : 1,4 or customised
ratios OH Content
High (> 700 ppm)
Standard prooftest
70 kpsi (polyimide jacket)
Minimum bending radius
50 × cladding diameter (short-term mechanical stress)
300 × core diameter (during use with high laser power)
The following diagrams provide an overview of attenuation values relative to the wavelengths:
ArmD® UV SRC
Comparison of Solarization Resistance
Transmission Comparison
Applications
The primary selection for various applications such as spectroscopy, medical diagnostics, medical technology, laser delivery systems, 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
