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Sma Cables For High Power Laser Systems

Fiberguide Industries Inc'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 150 W (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 25 W of power from the cladding, ensuring a clean output and boosting power handling capacities to 100 W (100 micro meter core), 250 W (200 micro meter core) or 350 W (400 micro meter 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 100 micro meter, 200 micro meter and 400 micro meter cores for easy integration into existing systems. The company manufactures a comprehensive line of standard and custom high optical transmission fibres and ultra precision arrays. It is a subsidiary of the global technology group Halma plc, which also includes photonics specialists Ocean Optics, a leader in spectroscopy and optical thin films, and Labsphere, a recognized expert in the light metrology field.