ULTRA-LOW LOSS OPTICAL FIBER TAPERING SYSTEM
3SAE Taper Manufacturing Station, TMS
The Taper Manufacturing System, TMS, with an integrated cleaver is our most advanced optical fiber tapering system. The TMS is specifically designed to maintain production level repeatability for manufacturing of optical fiber tapers, couplers and multi kilowatt class high power fiber combiners.
The TMS operates is partial vacuum and is utilizing the patent pending Thermally Stabilized Plasma™ technology, which generates a wide and extremely stabilized heat source with a vide dynamic range of operation from <300°C to >3000°C. This wider plasma field flattens and reduces the frequency of modulations in a taper and resulting in ultra-low losses, <1%.
Three customizable tapering modes are available: single direction, bi-directional and table based tapering. Table based tapering allows the flexibility of a syntax-based software program to create a custom taper program while using a simplified Lab VIEW based GUI. Alternately, programs such as “MATLAB” or Microsoft Excel can be utilized to develop the tapering program.
- Unsurpassed heat source circumferential thermal uniformity for symmetrical ultra-low loss tapering and reduced thermally induced component stress.
- Contamination free heat source capable of producing ultra-high strength and multi kilowatt class optical fiber tapers and combiners.
- Fastest cycle times based on standard splice, taper, and cleave cycle times averaged together.
- In situ cleaver included for fiber diameters ≤ 500 µm.
