Where to Buy Large Mode Area Fibers
Optical fibers with particularly large mode areas are useful particularly for high-power fiber amplifiers and lasers, because they have reduced nonlinear effects.
| E | See also our encyclopedia article on large mode area fibers! Related articles: large-core fibers, effective mode area, bend losses, numerical aperture, fiber amplifiers, photonic crystal fibers |
Related products: large-core fibers, double-clad fibers, fiber optics
Related product category: fiber optics
Check List for Large Mode Area Fibers
- What is the effective mode area or mode radius? (There are special large mode area fibers.)
- Is the fiber truly single-mode, or does it support a few modes? (In the latter case, careful launching maybe important for the output beam quality, and certain instabilities can occur for operation with very high average output power.)
- What are the propagation losses (in dB/km)?
- Does it need to be polarization-maintaining?
- How tight bending is possible, before the bend losses become too high?
- How much optical power can the fiber tolerate? (Additional properties at the launch end may still occur if too much power gets to the coating.)
- What is the outer fiber diameter with and without protective coating?
- What is the coating material? Is it a standard material which can be removed with a usual fiber stripper?
For active fibers, also look at the check list for rare-earth-doped fibers.
In case that you need additional advice, consultancy from RP Photonics may be the solution.
6 suppliers for large mode area fibers (LMA fibers) are listed in the RP Photonics Buyer's Guide. Both manufacturers and distributors can be registered.
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 Blokken 84 3460 Birkerød Denmark Quality: ISO 9000:2015 www.nktphotonics.com Social: Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube Tel.: +45 4348 39 00 Fax: +45 4348 39 01 |  The selection of Crystal Fiber Large Mode Area fibers covers a range of fibers for diffraction limited high power delivery. The very large mode area enables high power levels without nonlinear effects or material damage. With standard technology you must trade large mode areas for single-mode operation, but the Crystal Fibre Large Mode Area fibers provide single mode operation in a large wavelength range – endlessly single mode operation. |
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Advanced Technology Innovation Centre Loughborough University Science and Enterprise Parks 5 Oakwood Drive Loughborough LE11 3QF United Kingdom | |
Blokken 84 3460 Birkerød Denmark Quality: ISO 9000:2015 www.nktphotonics.com Social: Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube Tel.: +45 4348 39 00 Fax: +45 4348 39 01 | The selection of Crystal Fiber Large Mode Area fibers covers a range of fibers for diffraction limited high power delivery. The very large mode area enables high power levels without nonlinear effects or material damage. With standard technology you must trade large mode areas for single-mode operation, but the Crystal Fibre Large Mode Area fibers provide single mode operation in a large wavelength range – endlessly single mode operation. |
7 Airport Park Road East Granby, CT 06026 United States | |
56 Sparta Avenue Newton, NJ 07860 United States | |
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