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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

Product Description Product Detail Specifications Catalog PDF
Product Description
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 aligned to the connector key. In addition Newport provides custom patch cords with any available termination type at either end.


Bare Fiber Ordering Information (No Termination)
 Quantity (m) Model Description Price (1-25m)
  F-SPA Bow-tie Polarization Maintaining Fiber, 488/514nm, 0.10-0.13 NA, 3.6µm MFD 
  F-SPV Bow-tie Polarization Maintaining Fiber, 633nm, 0.14-0.18 NA, 3.2µm MFD 
  F-SPF Bow-tie Polarization Maintaining Fiber, 820nm, 0.14-0.18 NA, 4.2µm MFD 
  F-SPS Bow-tie Polarization Maintaining Fiber, 1300/1550nm, 0.14-0.18 NA, 6.6µm MFD 
  F-SPPC-13 Bow-tie Polarization Maintaining Fiber, 1310nm, 0.14-0.18 NA, 9.0µm MFD 
  F-SPPC-15 Bow-tie Polarization Maintaining Fiber, 1550nm, 0.14-0.18 NA, 10.5µm MFD 
  F-PM480 Panda Polarization Maintaining Fiber, 480nm, 0.10-0.13 NA, 4.0µm MFD 
  F-PM630 Panda Polarization Maintaining Fiber, 630nm, 0.10-0.13 NA, 4.5µm MFD 
  F-PM850 Panda Polarization Maintaining Fiber, 850nm, 0.10-0.13 NA, 5.5µm MFD 
  F-PM980 Panda Polarization Maintaining Fiber, 980nm, 0.10-0.13 NA, 6.6µm MFD 
  F-PM1300 Panda Polarization Maintaining Fiber, 1300nm, 0.10-0.13 NA, 9.5µm MFD 
  F-PM1550 Panda Polarization Maintaining Fiber, 1550nm, 0.10-0.13 NA, 10.5µm MFD 

Minimum order length of 5 meters. Discounting available for longer fiber lengths, please call Newport at 1 800 222 6440

Patchcord Ordering Table
 Quantity Model Description Price
  F-PM480-C-1FCAPC Polarization Maintaining Patch Cord, F-PM480, 480nm, 1m, FC/APC Connectors 
  F-PM480-C-2FC Polarization Maintaining Patch Cord, F-PM480, 480nm, 2m, FC Connectors 
  F-PM480-C-3FCAPC Polarization Maintaining Patch Cord, F-PM480, 480nm, 3m, FC/APC Connectors 
  F-PM480-C-5FCAPC Polarization Maintaining Patch Cord, F-PM480, 480nm, 5m, FC/APC Connectors 
  F-PM630-C-1FCAPC Polarization Maintaining Patch Cord, F-PM630, 630nm, 1m, FC/APC Connectors 
  F-PM630-C-2FC Polarization Maintaining Patch Cord, F-PM630, 630nm, 2m, FC Connectors 
  F-PM630-C-3FCAPC Polarization Maintaining Patch Cord, F-PM630, 630nm, 3m, FC/APC Connectors 
  F-PM630-C-5FCAPC Polarization Maintaining Patch Cord, F-PM630, 630nm, 5m, FC/APC Connectors 
  F-PM850-C-1FCAPC Polarization Maintaining Patch Cord, F-PM850, 850nm, 1m, FC/APC Connectors 
  F-PM850-C-2FC Polarization Maintaining Patch Cord, F-PM850, 850nm, 2m, FC Connectors 
  F-PM850-C-3FCAPC Polarization Maintaining Patch Cord, F-PM850, 850nm, 3m, FC/APC Connectors 
  F-PM850-C-5FCAPC Polarization Maintaining Patch Cord, F-PM850, 850nm, 5m, FC/APC Connectors 
  F-PM980-C-1FCAPC Polarization Maintaining Patch Cord, F-PM980, 980nm, 1m, FC/APC Connectors 
  F-PM980-C-2FC Polarization Maintaining Patch Cord, F-PM980, 980nm, 2m, FC Connectors 
  F-PM980-C-3FCAPC Polarization Maintaining Patch Cord, F-PM980, 980nm, 3m, FC/APC Connectors 
  F-PM980-C-5FCAPC Polarization Maintaining Patch Cord, F-PM980, 980nm, 5m, FC/APC Connectors 
  F-PM1300-C-1FCAPC Polarization Maintaining Patch Cord, F-PM1300, 1300nm, 1m, FC/APC Connectors 
  F-PM1300-C-2FC Polarization Maintaining Patch Cord, F-PM1300, 1300nm, 2m, FC Connectors 
  F-PM1300-C-3FCAPC Polarization Maintaining Patch Cord, F-PM1300, 1300nm, 3m, FC/APC Connectors 
  F-PM1300-C-5FCAPC Polarization Maintaining Patch Cord, F-PM1300, 1300nm, 5m, FC/APC Connectors 
  F-PM1550-C-1FCAPC Polarization Maintaining Patch Cord, F-PM1550, 1550nm, 1m, FC/APC Connectors 
  F-PM1550-C-2FC Polarization Maintaining Patch Cord, F-PM1550, 1550nm, 2m, FC Connectors 
  F-PM1550-C-3FCAPC Polarization Maintaining Patch Cord, F-PM1550, 1550nm, 3m, FC/APC Connectors 
  F-PM1550-C-5FCAPC Polarization Maintaining Patch Cord, F-PM1550, 1550nm, 5m, FC/APC Connectors 


Custom Patchcord Ordering Information

For a custom patchord, please use above part number. Depending on the fiber type, only certain connectors will be available. Some fibers are not offered for customization. Please check with a Newport sales engineer.
For more detailed information on ordering fibers, see .Optical Fiber Ordering Information.



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 High-Performance Hand-Held Optical Power and Energy Meter
• For most reliable fiber detectors, see Fiber Optic Detector, 918D-IS / 818-IS Series
• 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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