Where to Buy Polarization-maintaining Fibers
Polarization-maintaining fibers are used when it is important to precisely maintain a linear polarization state in optical fiber devices. This can be achieved with different fiber designs, namely with PANDA and bow-tie fibers, but also with certain kinds of photonic crystal fibers (PCF).
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Check List for Polarization-maintaining Fibers
- What is the cut-off wavelength? (Below that wavelength, the fiber will be multimode.)
- What is the effective mode area or mode radius? (There are special large mode area fibers.)
- (The core diameter and numerical aperture are usually not relevant, if the mode area is known.)
- What are the propagation losses (in dB/km)?
- 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?
- Can the fiber be cleaved with a standard fiber cleaver? (Fluoride fibers, for example, have quite different mechanical properties than silica fibers.)
For active fibers, 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.
28 suppliers for polarization-maintaining fibers (PMF) are listed in the RP Photonics Buyer's Guide. Both manufacturers and distributors can be registered.
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| Company | Product Description |
 Optics, Photonics and Metrology Kieler Str. 212 22525 Hamburg Germany | We offer polarization-maintaining fiber cables with different cut-off wavelengths and measured values for the effective fiber NA. The polarization analyzers series SK010PA are universal measurement and test systems for coupling laser beam sources into polarization-maintaining fiber cables. |
 All wavelengths. Lochhamer Schlag 19 82166 Gräfelfing Germany Quality: ISO 9001:2015 www.toptica.com Social: Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube E-mail: Tel.: +49 89 85 83 70 Fax: +49 89 85 83 72 00 | TOPTICA Photonics AG offers a wide range of optical fibers ideally suited for use with TOPTICAs lasers and FiberDock. These economically priced fibers cover a wide range of wavelengths. TOPTICA recommends to always purchase a fiber along with a laser and fiber coupler, as this ensures maximum fiber coupling efficiency. Also specialty fibers for power monitoring, beam splitting or combining are available with various ratios and also polarization maintaining. |
 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 |  NKT Photonics offers several types of broadband (UV–nIR) single-mode polarization-maintaining fibers with large mode area. They are also available with collimators and alignment mechanics as complete fiber delivery solutions. |
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2/F, B-5, Southern Software Park, Tangjia Zhuhai 519080 China | |
1–5–1, Kiba, Kouto-ku Tokyo 135–8512 Japan | |
Lightcomm Technology Co., Ltd. 3F, Building 2 North Area of Honghualing Industry Park 1268 Liuxian Avenue Shenzhen China | |
1st storey, Building 1 No 598 Guanghua Road Minhang district, Shanghai China | |
OF-LINK Communications Co., Ltd. 5F, The Brilliant Science and Technology Park Minqing Rd., New Longhua Dist. Shenzhen 518109 China | |
| Outside Asia: | |
2701 Northwestern Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95051 United States | |
90 New Montgomery St., 8th Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 United States | |
Fraunhoferstr. 22 82152 Martinsried Germany | |
370 Campus Dr. Suite 105 Somerset, NJ 08873 United States | |
2700, Jean-Perrin, Suite 121 Quebec G2C 1S9 Canada | |
Notkestrasse 85 22607 Hamburg Germany | |
3 Allied Business Centre Coldharbour Lane Harpenden AL5 4UT United Kingdom | |
Advanced Technology Innovation Centre Loughborough University Science and Enterprise Parks 5 Oakwood Drive Loughborough LE11 3QF United Kingdom | |
Rudower Chaussee 29 12489 Berlin Germany | |
University Parkway Chilworth Science Park Southampton SO16 7QQ United Kingdom | |
Ashley House Vale Industrial Park Tolpits Lane Watford. WD18 9QP United Kingdom | |
4055 Filan Way San Jose, CA 95135 United States | |
34, Rue de la Croix de Fer 78100 Saint Germain-en-Laye France | www.photonics.ixblue.com Tel.: +33 1 30 08 88 88 |
873 St. Clair Ave. West Toronto, Ontario Canada M6C 1C4 | |
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 | NKT Photonics offers several types of broadband (UV–nIR) single-mode polarization-maintaining fibers with large mode area. They are also available with collimators and alignment mechanics as complete fiber delivery solutions. |
ZI du Moulin Cheyroux 87700 Aixe sur Vienne France | |
7 Airport Park Road East Granby, CT 06026 United States | |
2000 Northeast Expressway Norcross, Georgia 30071 United States | www.ofsoptics.com Tel.: +1 770 798 2000 |
219 Westbrook Rd Ottawa, Ontario K0A 1L0 Canada | |
Via Chiese 6 20126 – Milan Italy | www.prysmiangroup.com/en/products-and-solutions/telecoms Tel.: +39 02 6449 1 |
Qioptiq Photonics GmbH & Co KG Hans-Riedl-Str. 9 85622 Feldkirchen Germany | |
Optics, Photonics and Metrology Kieler Str. 212 22525 Hamburg Germany | We offer polarization-maintaining fiber cables with different cut-off wavelengths and measured values for the effective fiber NA. The polarization analyzers series SK010PA are universal measurement and test systems for coupling laser beam sources into polarization-maintaining fiber cables. |
All wavelengths. Lochhamer Schlag 19 82166 Gräfelfing Germany Quality: ISO 9001:2015 www.toptica.com Social: Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube E-mail: Tel.: +49 89 85 83 70 Fax: +49 89 85 83 72 00 | TOPTICA Photonics AG offers a wide range of optical fibers ideally suited for use with TOPTICAs lasers and FiberDock. These economically priced fibers cover a wide range of wavelengths. TOPTICA recommends to always purchase a fiber along with a laser and fiber coupler, as this ensures maximum fiber coupling efficiency. Also specialty fibers for power monitoring, beam splitting or combining are available with various ratios and also polarization maintaining. |
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