OPTRAN® UVNS (UV NON-SOLARIZING)
Silica/Silica Fiber—0.22 NA or 0.28 NA—Exclusive Bundle and Assembly Fiber
Innovative Fiber Optics...Every Step of the Way™
Leading the Way in Long-Term Performance
Setting new standards through breakthrough research and development is at the heart of our
business. As the manufacturer of the world’s first UV Non-Solarizing (UVNS) optical fiber,
CeramOptec continues to find ways to break down the barriers for simplifying UV spectroscopy
and sensing applications.
For long-term performance, Optran UVNS fibers and PowerLightGuide bundles set the standard.
Tested for well over 40,000 continuous, unfiltered hours, our Optran UVNS fibers exhibit level,
steady transmission at 95% of the original input!
Setting the Standards in Deep UV
Optran UVNS
Bundle Transmission
2-Meter Length
100%
95%
50%
20,000
100
Buffer (Silicone)
Jacket:
Polyimide (-190° to +400°C)
Tefzel (-40° to +150°C)
Nylon (-40° to +100° C)
Acrylate (-40° to +85° C)
Optran UVNS
Liquid Light Guides
60%
40%
200
250
300
Wavelength NM
100
Nd:YAG
HeNe
Ar+
Optran UVNS
Transmission/m 99%
10
99.9%
1
160 200
Fluorine Doped Silica Cladding
80%
40,000
Xef
1000
Silica Core
100%
Hours
KrF
0
XeCl
0%
Attenuation (dB/km)
Transmission
325 nm
Optran UVNS all silica optical fibers offer exceptional throughput
in wavelengths ranging from 160 to 1200 nm—without solarization.
When used in our PowerLightGuide™ Fused-End Bundles, our Optran
UVNS fibers allow typical bundle transmission to be 50% higher
than any other manufacturer of fused silica UV fiber products.
CeramOptec’s PowerLightGuide bundles are fused at the ends to
eliminate inter-fiber spaces—while maintaining the fibers’ NA.
Please see our PowerLightGuide Bundle data sheet for more
information about our non-solarizing bundles—a solid solution
to UV Spectroscopy and Liquid Light Guides.
300
400
500
600
700
800
Wavelength (nm)
900
1000 1
100 1200
350