BWI: Mode Stripping SMA Cables for High Power Laser Systems

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Fiberguide Industries
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 10:00 AM IST (04:30 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Business services; Technology; Healthcare
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Mode Stripping SMA Cables for High Power Laser Systems
Fiberguide's new line delivers up to 350W for material processing applications

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Tuesday, October 25, 2011 -- (Business Wire India) -- Fiberguide's new line of high power mode stripping SMA cable assemblies provides a higher power alternative to traditional laser delivery cables for high power laser welding, marking, cutting and drilling equipment. The assemblies have also proven effective for use as diode laser pigtails in diode pumped solid state (DPSS) systems.

Most similar products are unable to operate above 150W (200µm core) without active water cooling. Fiberguide's new line is designed to handle more power and survive at higher temperatures with a passive, air-cooled design. An integrated mode stripper dissipates up to 25W of power from the cladding, ensuring a clean output and boosting power handling capacities to 100W (100µm core), 250W (200µm core) or 350W (400µm core), depending on system conditions.

Assemblies have an epoxy free cantilevered nose design, which isolates the optical fibre from the ferrule to prevent thermal and contamination problems. Fibre tips are laser polished for maximum transmission. Cables contain all silica fibre and are available with 100µm, 200µm and 400µm cores for easy integration into existing systems.

About Fiberguide

Fiberguide Industries, Inc. manufactures a comprehensive line of standard and custom high optical transmission fibres and ultra precision arrays. The company is a subsidiary of the global technology group Halma p.l.c. (www.halma.com), which also includes photonics specialists Ocean Optics (www.oceanoptics.com), a leader in spectroscopy and optical thin films, and Labsphere (www.labsphere.com), a recognized expert in the light metrology field. Registered by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a Contract Manufacturer and Custom Device Manufacturer, Fiberguide's corporate and optical fibre manufacturing facilities are located in Stirling, New Jersey, with a manufacturing/assembly facility in Caldwell, Idaho.

About Halma

Halma p.l.c. (www.halma.com) is an international market leader in safety, health and sensor technology. A public company listed on the London Stock Exchange, it has 3,600 employees in 36 subsidiaries worldwide. Halma's subsidiaries make products that protect lives and improve the quality of life for people through innovation in market leading products which make its customers safer, more competitive and more profitable. These subsidiaries are assisting India's economy in areas such as manufacturing, energy, water and waste treatment, the environment, construction, transport and health.

Halma recently opened a Hub office in Mumbai. For further news about Halma in India and to subscribe to the Halma India RSS News Feed please visit our blog at: http://halmapr.com/news/india/.

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CONTACT DETAILS
Santosh Sen, Halma India, +91 (22) 67080400/ +91 9820247680, santosh.sen@halma.com
Damian Corbet, Halma PR Services, +44 (0)1494 789152, dcorbet@halmapr.com

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CONSUMER, BUSINESS SERVICES, TECHNOLOGY, HEALTHCARE

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