Features:

• Unique connector design minimizes thermal damage
• Patented connector designs for precise fiber to fiber coupling
• Able to withstand temperatures up to 500°C
• Compatible with SMA905 and FC connectors
• Different fiber endface finishes available for higher power applications
• Stainless steel armored cabling for maximum safety
• High power anti-reflection coatings available
• Multimode, singlemode, and polarization maintaining fiber types
• Operating wavelengths from 200 nm to 2000 nm
• Two micron to 1500 micron diameter core sizes
• Low and high numerical aperture fibers
• Fiber endcaps with ±25 micron thickness tolerance
• Versions with cooling fins and cladding mode stripping available for very high power

Applications:

• Laser marking, cutting and welding
• Materials processing
• High power spectroscopy
• Non-linear optics
• Laser surgery (including cosmetic surgery, eye surgery, tattoo removal)
• Light detection and ranging (LIDAR)

Product Description:

OZ Optics produces fiber optic patchcords specifically for high power applications. These patchcords feature special high power fibers, carefully prepared fiber endfaces, and specially designed fiber optic connectors to ensure maximum power handling for your application.

In standard connectors the fibers are glued into place, and the fiber is polished flush with the connector ferrule tip (See figure 1A). When used with high power lasers, heat generated at the tip of the fiber causes the surrounding epoxy to break down and give off gases. These gases, in turn, burn onto the tip of the fiber, causing catastrophic damage to the fiber and perhaps the entire system. In contrast, our high power connectors feature an air-gap design, where the fiber extends into free space by 1.1 mm to 1.5 mm, providing an epoxy-free region where thermal energy is safely dissipated without burning the surrounding material.

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