The ClearCut Raman Scattering Suppressor Fiber Bragg Grating products are ultra low insertion loss fiber bragg gratings for high power fiber lasers. With AFR's ClearCut designing and special process, the devices can handle kilowatt level pump power and signal power with recoated only. It is the only cost-effective solution that eliminates the SRS at its source and enables immunity from back reflection from the work piece.
The Polarization Maintaining Optical Circulator is a compact, high performance lightwave component that routes incoming signals from Port 1 to Port 2, and incoming Port 2 signals to Port 3. The PM Optical Circulator provides high isolation, low insertion loss, high extinction ratio, and excellent environmental stability.
AFR 1 × 2 PM MEMS Optical Switch is based on an electrostatic drived micro-electro-mechanical-system (MEMS) chip. The MEMS Variable Optical Attenuator chip consists of a tilting mirror to change light coupling between input and output fibers. The components are characterized with low insertion loss, high return loss, excellent environmental stability and reliability. The optical switch has been widely used in fiber optics communication equipment, fiber instruments, fiber sensing to switch channels.
AFR broadband phase modulator combines high linearity with low driving voltage and small footprint, covering frequency range from DC up to 8 GHz. The extended operating temperature range given by this series of phase modulators can operate at different environmental applications.
AFR offers Thin Film Lithium Niobate (TFLN) modulator chips in different formats and data rate, including DR8 and 2 x FR4 @ 100 Gbps/lane for 800 Gbps applications and DR4 @ 400 Gbps/lane for 1.6 Tbps applications. With expereince and know-how, AFR engineers are available to customize our products to meet customers' specific requirements.
The 40G-Thin Film modulator design is based on a dual parallel structure of 2 Mach-Zehnder modulators embedded in a Mach-Zehnder super-structure. Each internal modulator is designed to have EO bandwidth above 20 GHz. Monitor photodiode is provided for automatic bias control.
AFR's HB-CDM-130G is a quad-channel 130 GBaud high-bandwidth coherent driver modulator integrated with an RF driver, based on Thin-Film LiNbO3 chip. It is designed for 400/800 Gb/s or 1.2Tb/s coherent optical transport systems and transceivers, with baud rate over 130G per channel.
AFR's Thin-Film LiNbO3 intensity modulators that expand the performance of traditional LiNbO3 modulators combining much lower driving voltage and smaller footprint while extending the bandwidth above 65 GHz. The increasing demand to shift the transmission frequency in analog fiber optic links towards higher frequency finds in AFR analog modulators the most advanced and suitable answer. The experience and know-how of AFR engineers is available to customize our products to the customer's specific requirements.
AFR's Dragon 30kW product provides LOE compatible connector for high power fiber lasers up to 30 kW. Technologies incorporated include cladding mode stripping, indirect water cooling, and safety interlock.
AFR's Dragon 20 kW product provides QD compatible connector for high power fiber lasers up to 20 kW. Technologies incorporated include cladding mode stripping, indirect water cooling, and safety interlock.
AFR's Dragon 15 kW Laser Cable provides QBH compatible connector for high power fiber lasers up to 15 kW. Technologies incorporated include cladding mode stripping, indirect water cooling and safety interlock.
AFR's Dragon 30 kW product provides Q+ compatible connector for high power fiber lasers up to 30 kW. Technologies incorporated include cladding mode stripping, indirect water cooling, and safety interlock.
Motorized Variable Optical Delay Line provides precision optical path length adjustment of up to 500 ps. Driven by a stepping motor and driver has been integrated inside following the RS-232 standard, the MDL has a delay resolution about 0.76 μm (2.5 fs). In addition, its advanced motion design guarantees longevity for long-term continuous operation. Low insertion loss and high reliability make this device ideal for integration in optical coherence tomography (OCT) systems, network equipment and test instruments for precision optical path length control or timing alignment.
The (6+1)×1 High Power Combiner with ClearCut Fiber Bragg Grating enables highly efficient combining of the powers from up to 6 multimode pump diodes into an FBG with low insertion loss for high power fiber lasers. With AFR's ClearCut design and packaging, the devices can handle 3 kW pump power and 3 kW signal power.
AFR provides Hermetic Fiber Feedthrough by hermetically attaching gold plated metal ferrule to fiber cables base on different applications to guarantee excellent hermetic feedthrough performance. SM, MM, PM individual fiber or ribbon fiber available upon request. The hermetic feedthrough is commonly used in PLC module, LD packaging and integrated optics packaging for hermetic sealing purpose.
AFR's Dragon 3 kW Laser Cable provides QBH compatible connector for high power fiber lasers up to 3 kW. Technologies incorporated include cladding mode stripping, indirect water cooling, protective window and safety interlock.
The 40G-IQ-XT modulator design is based on a dual parallel structure of 2 Mach-Zehnder modulators embedded in a Mach-Zehnder super-structure. Each internal modulator is designed to have EO bandwidth above 20 GHz. Monitor photodiode is provided for automatic bias control. The 40G-IQ-XT version is provided with an extended operating temperature of - 55 to + 85°C for different environmental applications.
AFR high bandwidth zero-chirp F10 modulators are based on the Mach-Zehnder Interferometer (MZI) architecture. They are manufactured using the highly reliable titanium indiffusion technology in X-Cut, Y-Propagating LiNbO3 substrates. The F10 is a single drive modulator designed for high bit rate advanced metro to long haul communication systems that requires the superior performance. The F10 modulator contains an integrated photo detector that may be used to set and lock the DC bias on the modulator as well as provide an estimate of the modulator output optical power.
AFR's Dragon 20 kW Laser Cable provides QBH compatible connector for high power fiber lasers up to 20 kW. Technologies incorporated include cladding mode stripping, indirect water cooling and safety interlock.
AFR's SteadiBeam® is the best Isolator designed for high power pulsed fiber lasers. Two versions of design are compatible with lasers of 100 W and 200 W respectively. Under multiple patented technologies, the SteadiBeam® isolator delivers unparalleled performance of aberration-free and thermal lensing-free beam quality at any output power level. It also provides high isolation for reflection coming from all spatial angles.
The 1064 nm High Power Polarization Insensitive Isolator is characterized with low insertion loss, high isolation, high power handling, high return loss, excellent environmental stability and reliability. The High Power Polarization Insensitive Isolator is ideal for fiber lasers and instrumentation applications.
The High Power (18+1)×1 Pump & Signal Combiner enables highly efficient combining of the powers from up to 18 multimode pump diodes and a signal laser into a double cladding output fiber.The pump and signal combiner can handle more than 1 kW combined power. Available for different fiber types.
The ClearCut 2 μm Series Fiber Bragg Grating products are ultra low insertion loss fiber bragg gratings for high power fiber lasers. With AFR's ClearCut design and special process, the FBG can handle high power laser around 2 μm. Custom configurations are available.
The ClearCut kW Package-Free Fiber Bragg Grating products are ultra low insertion loss fiber bragg gratings for high power fiber lasers. With AFR's ClearCut design and special process, the FBG can handle kilowatt level pump power and signal power with recoated only.
