Hard Clad Silica Fibers Low OH0 pages

Hard Clad Fiber
(Low & High OH)
Anhydroguide™ (APCH) & Superguide™ (SPCH)
Fiber Type:
Step Index
Multimode
Fiber
Construction:
Hard Clad Silica

Tefzel Coating
Hard Clad
Silica Core

Trade Name:

Anhydroguide™
VIS-IR (Low OH)
300nm – 2400nm
Superguide™
UV-VIS (High OH)
190nm – 1250nm

Hard Clad Fiber
Fiberguide’s SPCH & APCH fibers feature a hard polymer cladding instead of a silica cladding.
The hard cladding enables a higher NA (0.37) than a silica cladding, and reduces cost.
Hard Clad fibers are the ideal choice for disposable medical products.

FIBER SPECIFICATIONS
• Step Index Multimode
• Pure Fused Silica Core / Hard Polymer
Cladding
• Core / Cladding Sizes: 200/300µm to
1500/1550µm
• Numerical Aperture (NA): 0.37
See Note

Applications:
• Bio-Analytical Sensing
• Medical Laser
• Dental Curing

Headquarters & Fiber Manufacturing
1 Bay Street, Stirling, New Jersey 07980
Phone: (908) 647-6601
SPEC 721 001. Rev. 6/27/2012
008.
10/09/2012

• Recommended Bend Radius:
o Short Term: 100 X Core Diameter
o Long Term: 200 X Core Diameter

Please note that these figures represent best practice recommendations. In applications
where tighter bends are required, Fiberguide can assist you in estimating what impact they
may have on fiber reliability.

• 100% Proof Test Using 4-Axis Bend Method
• Tefzel certified to NAMSA
Class VI

• Spectroscopy
• Nuclear Plasma Sensing
• Photodynamic Therapy

Assembly & Manufacturing Facility
3409 E. Linden St., Caldwell, Idaho 83605
Phone: (208) 454-1988

Contact Us
Email: info@fiberguide.com
www.fiberguide.com
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