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Optical Fiber Specifications

The tables below provide specifications of the optical fiber used in each of our optical fiber assemblies.

Boot Collars
(indicates fiber type)


•	Gray	Solarization-resistant	UV/SR-VIS	190-800 nm (most efficient)
•	Blue	High OH content	UV-VIS	300-800 nm (most efficient)
•	Red	Low OH content	VIS-NIR	400-2100 nm (most efficient)

Specifications

Fiber & Probe Assemblies	8 µm assemblies	50 µm assemblies	100 µm assemblies
Fiber Type	wavelength-specific	••	••
Core Size Diameter	8 µm +/-0.5 µm	50 µm +/-5 µm	100 µm +/-3 µm
Cladding Thickness	58 µm +/-3 µm	35 µm +/-0.5 µm	12 µm +/-5 µm
Buffer Thickness	60 µm +/-5 µm	17 µm +/-5 µm	17 µm +/-3 µm
Buffer Material	Acrylate	Polyimide	Polyimide
Maximum OD Total	250 µm	155 µm	155 µm
Operating Temperature	-50 to 85 °C	-65 to 300 °C	-65 to 300 °C
Long-term Bend Radius	4 cm	4 cm	4 cm
Short-term Bend Radius	2 cm	2 cm	2 cm

Fiber & Probe Assemblies	200 µm assemblies	200 µm assemblies	300 µm assemblies	300 µm assemblies
Fiber Type	•	••	•	•
Core Size Diameter	200 µm +/-4 µm	200 µm +/-4 µm	300 µm +/-6 µm	300 µm +/-6 µm
Cladding Thickness	10 µm +/-3 µm	10 µm +/-4 µm	15 µm +/-7 µm	15 µm +/-3 µm
Buffer Thickness	45 µm +/-21 µm	10 µm +/-5 µm	20 µm +/-10 µm	45 µm +/-21 µm
Buffer Material	Aluminum	Polyimide	Polyimide	Aluminum
Maximum OD Total	331 µm	243 µm	380 µm	441 µm
Operating Temperature	-269 to 400 °C	-65 to 300 °C	-65 to 300 °C	-269 to 400 °C
Long-term Bend Radius	4 cm	8 cm	12 cm	6 cm
Short-term Bend Radius	2 cm	4 cm	6 cm	3 cm

Fiber & Probe Assemblies	400 µm assemblies	400 µm assemblies	500 µm assemblies
Fiber Type	•	••	••
Core Size Diameter	400 µm +/-8 µm	400 µm +/-8 µm	500 µm +/-10 µm
Cladding Thickness	20 µm +/-3 µm	20 µm +/-3 µm	25 µm +/-3 µm
Buffer Thickness	45 µm +/-21 µm	20 µm +/-7 µm	20 µm +/-10 µm
Buffer Material	Aluminum	Polyimide	Polyimide
Maximum OD Total	441 µm	487 µm	600 µm
Operating Temperature	-269 to 400 °C	-65 to 300 °C	-65 to 300 °C
Long-term Bend Radius	6 cm	16 cm	20 cm
Short-term Bend Radius	3 cm	8 cm	10 cm

Fiber & Probe Assemblies	600 µm assemblies	1000 µm assemblies	1000 µm assemblies
Fiber Type	••	•	•
Core Size Diameter	600 µm +/-10 µm	1000 µm +/-20 µm	1000 µm +/-3 µm
Cladding Thickness	30 µm +/-3 µm	25 µm +/-3 µm	50 µm +/-3 µm
Buffer Thickness	25 µm +/-10 µm	50 µm +/-40 µm	50 µm +/-40 µm
Buffer Material	Polyimide	Acrylate	Acrylate
Maximum OD Total	720 µm	1065 µm	1120 µm
Operating Temperature	-65 to 300 °C	-50 to 85 °C	-50 to 85 °C
Long-term Bend Radius	24 cm	30 cm	30 cm
Short-term Bend Radius	12 cm	15 cm	15 cm

Numerical Aperture

The numerical aperture of our optical fibers and probes is 0.22 ± 0.02 and yields an acceptance angle of 24.8° in air.

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