Angled optical fiber

Custom polishing and coating of optical fiber’s tip

Part details

Material :

SiO2 / Fused silica

Reference of the substrate fiber: MOLEX 200/220/240 Low OH (VIS/NIR)

Manufacturing process :

• Using cold tweezers to strip optical fiber tip on +/- 5 mm
• Polishing of the tip with angle
• Cleaning to remove dust
• Optical coating of the tip
• Quality inspection
• Packaging

Dimensions:

200 µm fiber core, 240 µm outside diameter.

2 m long fibers.

Shape :

45° angled tip

Optical treatment :

High reflective on the visible + near infrared  (R bigger than 99.5% @ 1700nm).

Damage threshold fluence : 12.62 J/cm2

Damage threshold peak irradiance : 730 MW/cm2

Usage :

Medical application, used as a intravascular imaging catheters. Used to side firing (90°) laser signal.