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Polarization Maintaining Fibers and Patch Cords
Polarization Maintaining Fibers and Patch Cords

  • Both Industry standard Bow-ti and Panda HiBi fibers available
  • Short beat-lengths and superb polarization preserving capabilities
  • Available as bare fiber, standard and custom patch cords
Applications
  • High-data-rate communications systems
  • Polarization-sensitive components
  • Raman amplifiers
  • Fiber optic sensors - polarimetric, polarization state sensing
  • Gyroscopes
  • Coherent transmission and detection

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Product Description
The following volume discount schedule is automatically applied when ordering bare optical fiber: 6 - 50 m with 15 %, 51- 1,000 m with 22 %, > 1,000 m with 25 %

The Fibercore Bow-tie polarization maintaining (PM) fibers, also known as highly birefringent (HiBi) fibers, are optimized for operation at 488/514, 633, 820 and 1300/1550 nm wavelengths and have a beat-length of less than 2 mm. The beat-length, the length over which the fiber polarization rotates through 360°, is one of the fundamental performance measures: the shorter the beat-length, the better the polarization-preserving properties of the fiber. The F-SPPC-13 and F-SPPC-15 fibers are polarization preserving fibers specifically made to be compatible with standard telecom fibers and PANDA™ PM fibers. Splicing these fibers to PANDA™ fibers routinely results in a splicing loss of <0.2 dB and an excellent extinction ratio of -32 dB.
Corning's PANDA™ polarization maintaining fibers offer low attenuation and excellent birefringence for high performance applications. The operating wavelengths range from 400-1500 nm with beat lengths ranging from less than 1.7mm to 5mm. Both the Bow-tie and the PANDA™ PM fiber have a step index profile. Also available are standard FC/APC PM patchcords, whose slow axis is accurately ...



Bare Fiber Ordering Information (No Termination)
The following volume discount schedule is automatically applied when ordering bare optical fiber: 6 - 50 m with 15 %, 51- 1,000 m with 22 %, > 1,000 m with 25 %
 Quantity (m)  Model  Description  Price (1-5m)
 
Available Today
 F-SPA  Bow-tie Polarization Maintaining Fiber, 488/514nm, 0.10-0.13 NA, 3.6µm MFD  
$14.00
 
Available Today
 F-SPV  Bow-tie Polarization Maintaining Fiber, 633nm, 0.14-0.18 NA, 3.2µm MFD  
$14.00
 
Available Today
 F-SPF  Bow-tie Polarization Maintaining Fiber, 820nm, 0.14-0.18 NA, 4.2µm MFD  
$14.00
 
Available Today
 F-SPS  Bow-tie Polarization Maintaining Fiber, 1300/1550nm, 0.14-0.18 NA, 6.6µm MFD  
$14.00
 
Available Today
 F-SPPC-13  Bow-tie Polarization Maintaining Fiber, 1310nm, 0.14-0.18 NA, 9.0µm MFD  
$14.00
 
Available Today
 F-SPPC-15  Bow-tie Polarization Maintaining Fiber, 1550nm, 0.14-0.18 NA, 10.5µm MFD  
$14.00
 
Available Today
 F-PM480  Panda Polarization Maintaining Fiber, 480nm, 0.10-0.13 NA, 4.0µm MFD  
$38.00
 
Available Today
 F-PM630  Panda Polarization Maintaining Fiber, 630nm, 0.10-0.13 NA, 4.5µm MFD  
$30.00
 
Available Today
 F-PM850  Panda Polarization Maintaining Fiber, 850nm, 0.10-0.13 NA, 5.5µm MFD  
$23.00
 
Available Today
 F-PM980  Panda Polarization Maintaining Fiber, 980nm, 0.10-0.13 NA, 6.6µm MFD  
$17.25
 
4 Weeks
 F-PM1300  Panda Polarization Maintaining Fiber, 1300nm, 0.10-0.13 NA, 9.5µm MFD  
$14.25
 
Available Today
 F-PM1550  Panda Polarization Maintaining Fiber, 1550nm, 0.10-0.13 NA, 10.5µm MFD  
$14.25


Patchcord Ordering Table
 Quantity  Model  Description  Price
 
4 Weeks
 F-PM480-C-1FCAPC  Polarization Maintaining Patch Cord, F-PM480, 480nm, 1m, FC/APC Connectors  
$230.00
 
4 Weeks
 F-PM480-C-2FC  Polarization Maintaining Patch Cord, F-PM480, 480nm, 2m, FC Connectors  
$251.00
 
4 Weeks
 F-PM480-C-3FCAPC  Polarization Maintaining Patch Cord, F-PM480, 480nm, 3m, FC/APC Connectors  
$313.00
 
Available Today
 F-PM480-C-5FCAPC  Polarization Maintaining Patch Cord, F-PM480, 480nm, 5m, FC/APC Connectors  
$397.00
 
4 Weeks
 F-PM630-C-1FCAPC  Polarization Maintaining Patch Cord, F-PM630, 630nm, 1m, FC/APC Connectors  
$221.00
 
4 Weeks
 F-PM630-C-2FC  Polarization Maintaining Patch Cord, F-PM630, 630nm, 2m, FC Connectors  
$234.00
 
Available Today
 F-PM630-C-3FCAPC  Polarization Maintaining Patch Cord, F-PM630, 630nm, 3m, FC/APC Connectors  
$288.00
 
Available Today
 F-PM630-C-5FCAPC  Polarization Maintaining Patch Cord, F-PM630, 630nm, 5m, FC/APC Connectors  
$355.00
 
4 Weeks
 F-PM850-C-1FCAPC  Polarization Maintaining Patch Cord, F-PM850, 850nm, 1m, FC/APC Connectors  
$214.00
 
4 Weeks
 F-PM850-C-2FC  Polarization Maintaining Patch Cord, F-PM850, 850nm, 2m, FC Connectors  
$219.00
 
Available Today
 F-PM850-C-3FCAPC  Polarization Maintaining Patch Cord, F-PM850, 850nm, 3m, FC/APC Connectors  
$266.00
 
4 Weeks
 F-PM850-C-5FCAPC  Polarization Maintaining Patch Cord, F-PM850, 850nm, 5m, FC/APC Connectors  
$318.00
 
4 Weeks
 F-PM980-C-1FCAPC  Polarization Maintaining Patch Cord, F-PM980, 980nm, 1m, FC/APC Connectors  
$208.00
 
4 Weeks
 F-PM980-C-2FC  Polarization Maintaining Patch Cord, F-PM980, 980nm, 2m, FC Connectors  
$207.00
 
4 Weeks
 F-PM980-C-3FCAPC  Polarization Maintaining Patch Cord, F-PM980, 980nm, 3m, FC/APC Connectors  
$248.00
 
4 Weeks
 F-PM980-C-5FCAPC  Polarization Maintaining Patch Cord, F-PM980, 980nm, 5m, FC/APC Connectors  
$288.00
 
Available Today
 F-PM1300-C-1FCAPC  Polarization Maintaining Patch Cord, F-PM1300, 1300nm, 1m, FC/APC Connectors  
$205.00
 
4 Weeks
 F-PM1300-C-2FC  Polarization Maintaining Patch Cord, F-PM1300, 1300nm, 2m, FC Connectors  
$201.00
 
4 Weeks
 F-PM1300-C-3FCAPC  Polarization Maintaining Patch Cord, F-PM1300, 1300nm, 3m, FC/APC Connectors  
$239.00
 
4 Weeks
 F-PM1300-C-5FCAPC  Polarization Maintaining Patch Cord, F-PM1300, 1300nm, 5m, FC/APC Connectors  
$273.00
 
Available Today
 F-PM1550-C-1FCAPC  Polarization Maintaining Patch Cord, F-PM1550, 1550nm, 1m, FC/APC Connectors  
$205.00
 
4 Weeks
 F-PM1550-C-2FC  Polarization Maintaining Patch Cord, F-PM1550, 1550nm, 2m, FC Connectors  
$201.00
 
4 Weeks
 F-PM1550-C-3FCAPC  Polarization Maintaining Patch Cord, F-PM1550, 1550nm, 3m, FC/APC Connectors  
$239.00
 
4 Weeks
 F-PM1550-C-5FCAPC  Polarization Maintaining Patch Cord, F-PM1550, 1550nm, 5m, FC/APC Connectors  
$273.00


Custom Patchcord Ordering Information

Note: (1) The fiber jacket option is not available with all fiber types. The length is limited to 5 m.



For more details on ordering information and termination options, please see .Optical Fiber Ordering Information.

Related Products

You may also need polarization controllers, see Polarization Controllers and Multifunction Polarization Controller


• For 80 um cladding PM fibers, see Polarization Maintaining Fibers, Reduced Cladding
• For a convenient power meter that has benchtop performance, see Optical Power Meter, High-Performance Hand-Held, 1918-C
• For most reliable fiber detectors, see Fiber Optic Detectors
• For combining and separating by the polarization component, see Polarization Beam Combiner/Splitter
• For PM fiber coupler, see Fixed Ratio Polarization Maintaining Couplers


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