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Fiber Laser - Gyro - Sensor - Defense - Telecom

Specialty Fibers & Components catalo g u e

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Submarine applications

Specialty fiber for wireguidance Specialty fiber for Lidar

Polarization Maintaining fiber for fiber optic gyroscopes and positioning system

Single-frequency fiber laser for acoustic sensor

FBG for optical fiber sensor (pressure, strain, temperature)

 

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Terrestrial & space applications

Specialty PM fiber for FOGs and IMU

Radiation resistant optical fibers and components Specialty fiber for wire guidance

Radiation resistant Fiber & fiber Optic Components for Harsh Environment

Active fiber for Lidar application

Specialty fiber for laser rangefinder FBG & DFB for Perimeter Security

Specialty fibers and components for industrial fiber laser

Fiber Bragg Grating for strain sensor and health Structure monitoring

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Founded in February 2006, iXFiber is a leading independent manufacturer of active and passive specialty optical fibers, components based on Fiber Bragg Gratings technology and subassemblies modules for telecommunication, military, sensor and industrial markets. Our specialty fibers and components are produced in environmentally controlled production areas to ensure high proof strength, tight tolerances and a high quality level. With manufacturing facilities located in Lannion, France, iXFiber is offering more than one century of combined experience to design, draw, produce and characterize high performances products. iXBlue is an independent group and a leading global manufacturer of products, integrated solutions and systems for navigation, mapping, control and measurement technologies. iXBlue’s technologies measure with the greatest precision and afford rapid access to geo-referenced data in complex environments; this empowers our customers to explore, survey and operate their systems, increase their productivity and efficiency and carry out better, faster and safer technical operations. Our business areas extend over several fields: - Specialty Fibers and Components - Sonar Seabed Imagery - Inertial Navigation Systems - Integrated Systems - Motion & Control Systems - Ship Construction - Underwater Acoustic Positioning - Survey & Services

Worldwide Presence

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ixfiber Er/Yb Double Clad Fibers

p.6

Er Doped Fibers

p.7

Yb Double Clad Fibers

p.8

Tm Doped Fibers

p.9

Nd Doped Fibers

p.10

Passive Double Clad Fibers

p.11

Gyroscope PM Fibers

p.12 / p.13

Fiber Optic Coils

p.14

Photosensitive Fibers

p.15

FBG Mirrors for Fiber Laser Cavity

p.16

Gain Flattening Filters

p.17

Fiber Bragg Gratings for other applications

p.18

FBG Sensor Array

p.19

Services

p.20

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1µm iXFiber

1.5

Er / yb Double Clad Fibers

Name & Reference

Core diameter (µm)

Clad absorption @ 915 nm (dB/m)

Clad absorption @ 976 nm (dB/m)*

Core absorption @ 1536 nm (dB/m)

Core NA (+/- 0.02)

Cladding diameter (µm) (Flat/Flat)

Coating diameter (µm)

IXF-2CF-EY-O-6-130

6 +/- 0.5

> 0.6

>2

> 45

0.17

125 +/- 3

245 +/- 15

IXF-2CF-EY-O-6-130-LNF

6 +/- 0.5

> 0.6

>2

> 25

0.17

125 +/- 3

245 +/- 15

IXF-2CF-EY-O-12-130

12 +/- 1

> 2.5

> 10

> 40

0.17

125 +/- 3

245 +/- 15

IXF-2CF-EY-O-17-130

17 +/- 2

>4

> 16

> 45

0.17

125 +/- 3

245 +/- 15

IXF-2CF-EY-O-25-250

25 +/- 2

>2

>8

> 30

0.10

250 +/- 5

340 +/- 20

IXC-2CF-EY-PM-6-130-LNF

6 +/- 0.5

> 0.6

>2

> 25

0.17

125 +/- 3

245 +/- 15

IXC-2CF-EY-PM-12-130

12 +/- 1

> 2.5

> 10

> 40

0.17

125 +/- 3

245 +/- 15

* calculated value

key features

related products

• High

•

• High

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efficiency pump and consistent absorption • High brightness single mode core • Low background losses • Large mode area with low NA • Multimode background (dB/km): < 50 • Cladding NA: 0.46 • Cladding shape: octogonal (non PM) / round (PM) • Birefringence: > 5.10-5 / Panda type • Power Conversion Efficiency (PCE) : > 40% • Proof test level (kpsi) : 50

Single clad erbium fiber Double clad Yb fiber • Associated PM and non PM fibers • Associated Fiber Bragg Mirrors Pairs • Subassembly on request • Space grade version • Matching passive fiber

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1µm

1.5

iXFiber

Er Doped Fibers

Standard erbium doped fibers Fiber Type

Fiber Name

Absorption @1480 nm (dB/m)

Absorption @ 1530 nm (dB/m)

MFD @1550 nm (µm)

Background losses (dB/km)

Cutoff wavelength (nm)

Splice loss (dB)

PMD factor (fs/dB)

C band

IXF-EDF-FGC-980

2-3

4.5 - 6.5

6.5 +/- 1

6

> 24

0.11 +/- 0.02

125 +/- 3

245 +/- 15

IXC-2CF-Yb-O-20-130

20 +/- 2

> 2.5

>9

0.08 +/- 0.01

125 +/- 3

245 +/- 15

IXC-2CF-Yb-O-20 -130-NH

20 +/- 2

>8

> 32

0.11 +/- 0.02

125 +/- 3

245 +/- 15

IXC-2CF-Yb-O-25-250

25 +/- 2

> 1.5

> 5.25

0.08 +/- 0.01

250 +/- 5

340 +/- 20

IXC-2CF-Yb-O-25-250-NH

25 +/- 2

> 2.5

> 10

0.11 +/- 0.02

250 +/- 5

340 +/- 20

IXC-2CF-Yb-PM-6-130

6 +/- 0.5

0.6 +/- 0.15

2.1 +/-0.5

0.14 +/- 0.02

125 +/- 3

245 +/- 15

IXC-2CF-Yb-PM-6-130-NH

6 +/- 0.5

1 +/- 0.3

4 +/- 1

0.14 +/- 0.02

125 +/- 3

245 +/- 15

IXC-2CF-Yb-PM-10-130

10 +/- 1

1.5 +/- 0.5

5.2 +/- 1.5

0.10 +/- 0.02

125 +/- 3

245 +/- 15

IXC-2CF-Yb-PM-15-130-NH

15 +/- 1

>4

> 16

0.14 +/- 0.02

125 +/- 3

245 +/- 15

* calculated value

key features

related products

• Zero

• Single

• High

• Associated

photodarkening pump and consistent absorption • High brightness single mode core • Low non linear effect • Large mode area with low NA • High efficiency • Multimode background (dB/km): < 50 • Cladding NA: 0.46 • Cladding shape: octogonal (non PM) / round (PM) fiber • Birefringence: > 1.10-4 (large core diameter) or > 2.10-4 / Panda type • Proof test level (kpsi) : 50

clad Ytterbium fiber PM and non PM fibers • Associated fiber Bragg mirrors pairs • Subassembly on request • Matching passive fiber

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Tm Doped

Fibers

Single clad fiber Name & Reference IXF-TDF-4-125

Core diameter (µm)

Core Absorption around 793 nm (dB/m)*

Core absorption at 1180 nm (dB/m)

Core NA (+/- 0.02)

Cladding diameter (µm)

Coating diameter (µm)

4 +/- 1

> 150

> 35

0.27

125 +/- 2

245 +/- 15

Double clad fiber Name & Reference

Core diameter (µm)

Clad absorption around 793 nm (dB/m)*

Clad absorption at 1180 nm (dB/m)

Core NA (+/- 0.02)

Cladding diameter (µm)

Coating diameter (µm)

IXF-2CF-Tm-O-6-130

6 +/- 0.5

>3

> 0.6

0.21

125 +/- 3

245 +/- 15

IXF-2CF-Tm-O-12-130

12 +/- 1

>5

>1

0.14

125 +/- 3

245 +/- 15

IXF-2CF-Tm-O-25-250

25 +/- 2

>5

>1

0.21

250 +/- 5

340 +/- 20

IXF-2CF-Tm-O-25-400

25 +/- 2

>2

> 0.4

0.10

400 +/- 10

550 +/- 20

IXF-2CF-Tm-PM-6-130

6 +/- 0.5

>3

> 0.6

0.21

125 +/- 3

245 +/- 15

* calculated value

key features

related products

• CW

• Double

• High

• Associated

and pulsed fiber lasers around 2 microns pump and consistent absorption • High brightness single mode core • Large mode area with low NA • High efficiency (> 50%) • Compatible with 793 nm pump • Multimode background (dB/km): < 50 • Cladding NA for double clad fiber: 0.46 • Cladding shape: octogonal (non PM) / round for PM fiber • Birefringence for PM: > 2.10-4 / Panda type

clad Er/Yb fiber passive PM and non PM fibers • Associated fiber Bragg mirrors pairs • Subassembly on request • Matching passive fiber

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0.94

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Nd Doped Fibers

iXFiber Neodymium double clad fibers have been developed to maximize fiber efficiency through precisely controlled host composition. Compared to standard Neodymium fiber, the 1.06 micron emission is reduced due to careful design.

Name & Reference Operating wavelength (nm) Core NA (+/- 0.02)

IXF-2CF-Nd-O-5-125-D 900 - 950 0.14

Cladding NA

> 0.46

Clad absorption @ 800 nm (dB/m)

> 0.15

LP01 cutoff (µm) Multimode background (dB/km)

1μm < 25

Core diameter (µm)

5 +/- 0.5

Cladding diameter (µm)

125 +/- 3

Coating diameter (µm)

245 +/- 15

Multimode clad shape

Octogonal

key features

related products

• Host

• Matching

composition optimized for high energy efficiency and low clustering • Low splicing losses • High NA, High performance low-index cladding • Low background losses • Low macrobending losses at operating wavelength

passive fiber • Associated fiber Bragg mirror pairs

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Passive Double Clad Fibers

Core diameter (µm)

Core NA

Cladding diameter (µm)

Coating diameter

PM available

IXF-2CF-PAS-6-130-0.14

6 +/- 0.5

0.14 +/- 0.02

125 +/- 2

245 +/- 15

x

IXF-2CF-PAS-6-130-0.17

6 +/- 0.5

0.17 +/- 0.02

125 +/- 2

245 +/- 15

x

IXF-2CF-PAS-6-130-0.21

6 +/- 0.5

0.21 +/- 0.02

125 +/- 2

245 +/- 15

x

IXF-2CF-PAS-8-130-0.13

8 +/- 0.5

0.13 +/- 0.02

125 +/- 2

245 +/- 15

IXF-2CF-PAS-10-130-0.10

10 +/- 1

0.10 +/- 0.02

125 +/- 2

245 +/- 15

IXF-2CF-PAS-10-130-0.15

10 +/- 1

0.15 +/- 0.02

125 +/- 2

245 +/- 15

IXF-2CF-PAS-12-130-0.17

12 +/- 1

0.17 +/- 0.02

125 +/- 2

245 +/- 15

IXF-2CF-PAS-15-130-0.10

15 +/- 1

0.10 +/- 0.02

125 +/- 2

245 +/- 15

IXF-2CF-PAS-15-130-0.15

15 +/- 1

0.15 +/- 0.02

125 +/- 2

245 +/- 15

IXF-2CF-PAS-20-130-0.08

20 +/- 2

0.08 +/- 0.01

125 +/- 2

245 +/- 15

IXF-2CF-PAS-20-130-0.11

20 +/- 2

0.11 +/- 0.02

125 +/- 2

245 +/- 15

IXF-2CF-PAS-25-250-0.08

25 +/- 2

0.08 +/- 0.01

250 +/- 5

340 +/- 20

IXF-2CF-PAS-25-250-0.21

25 +/- 2

0.21 +/- 0.02

250 +/- 5

340 +/- 20

IXF-2CF-PAS-25-400-0.08

25 +/- 2

0.08 +/- 0.01

400 +/- 10

550 +/- 20

Passive Fiber

key features

related products

• Photosensitive

• Fiber

• Circular

• Photosensitive

core for FBG shape • Same low refractive index coating as active fibers • Easily recoated • Cladding NA : 0.46 • Cladding shape : round • Multimode background (dB/km) : < 50 • Design for PM : Panda

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bragg gratings pairs fibers • Subassembly on request

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Gyroscope PM Fibers

Application

Reference

Operating wavelength (+/-25nm )

Optical losses @ operating W.L (dB/km)

Cutoff wavelength (nm)

Core NA (+/- 0.02)v

Mode field diameter (µm)

Terrestrial

IXF-PMG-820-40

820

< 15

< 770

0.18

4 +/- 0.5

Terrestrial

IXF-PMG-820-80

820