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  • High temperature resistance
  • Increased durability, high strength, hermetically sealed
  • Possibility of soldering, embedded fibers, bundles, pigtails, inlets to high vacuum

art photonics Metal-Coated Silica Fibers are ideally suited for use in high temperature, vacuum and harsh chemical environments. This is due to the strong mechanical adhesion of the metal directly to the silica cladding during drawing process.

Applications:

  • High temperature environments
  • Harsh Chemical environments
  • Nuclear radiation
  • High Power Laser delivery
  • Medical applications
  • Soldered fiber bundles

FlexiRay® MCSSpecification
Core materialPure silica
High OH- ( λ= 0.18 – 1.2 µm)
Low OH- ( λ= 0.35 – 2.5 µm)
Cladding materialFluoride doped fused silica
Standard Numerical Aperture (NA)0.22 ± 0.02 (Full Acceptance Angle 25°)
Available Numerical Aperture (NA) 0.12 ± 0.02 (Full Acceptance Angle 14°)
0.26 ± 0.02 (Full Acceptance Angle 30°)
Material of metal coatingAl, Cu
Humidity RangeUp to 100%
Minimal bending radius (long term)200 x fiber outer diameter
Minimal bending radius (short term)100 x fiber outer diameter

Coating materialAlCu-alloy
Standard Fiber core diameters, µm9
200
400
600
1000
9
200
400
N/A
N/A
Coating thickness, µm15 - 15015 - 150
Min operating temperature, °C-270-270
Max operating temperature, °C400600
Tensile strength (short gauge), GPa3.5 – 62 – 3
Two point bending strength, GPa>10>10
Static fatigue parameter>100>100

Application Notes: Metal Coated Fibers and Fiber Cables

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