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SM and PM Pigtailed Small Mode Field Diameter Fiber Arrays
Recently there has been significant progress in integrated optical waveguide
technologies including silicon photonics. Most of those state of arts waveguide
technologies require small core fibers (small mode field diameter (MFD)
fiber) or lensed fibers due to their small waveguide core sizes. For many
practical device applications, non-lensed small core fibers are preferred
since ease in the fiber alignment and robust fiber support.
 
EpiPhotonics has developed small core fiber array pigtails based on PLZT
optical waveguide technology which utilized the small core fibers. The
small core fiber array pigtails have minimum splicing loss (< 0.1 dB),
pitch accuracy better than 0.5 um, and mode field diameters (MFD) ranging
from 3.2 um to 7.7 um which match most advanced high-contrast waveguide
technologies. Polarization maintaining fiber with small MFD are also available.

- Specifications (updated!) -
Item |
Specifications |
Note |
Mode Field Diameter |
3.2 um, 4.0 um, 4.8 um, 6.8 um, 7.7 um |
@ 1550 nm |
Wavelength |
1310 nm, 1550 nm |
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Fiber Pitch |
127.0 um, 250.0 um |
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Positional Accuracy |
±0.3um (within 0.6 um dia) |
V-groove accuracy |
Channel(s) |
1, 2, 4, 8, 16 |
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Polish Angle |
0 deg, Angled |
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Array Material |
BK7
Quartz
Pyrex
Silicon
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TEC: 7.5 x 10-6/K
TEC:5.0 x 10-7 /K
TEC:3.3 x 10-6 /KK
TEC: 2.6 x 10-6 /K
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Splicing Loss |
3.2 um < 0.3 dB
4.0 um < 0.2 dB
4.8 um < 0.2 dB
6.8 um < 0.1 dB
7.7 um < 0.1 dB
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SMF @1550 nm
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Connector |
SMF-LC, SMF-SC, SMF-FC
PM-LC, PM-SC, PM-FC |
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CTE (Coefficient of Thermal Expansion) of waveguide materials
- Silica: 5.0 x 10-7 /K
- Silicon: 2.6 x 10-6 /K
- InP: 4.5 x 10-6 /K
- Applications -
- Silicon waveguides
- Compound semiconductor waveguides
- High-delta silica waveguides
- Ordering Information -
ID |
CH |
Pitch |
Material |
Polish |
Fiber |
MFD |
Length |
Connector |
Polish |
EPF |
1
2
4
8
16 |
127um
250 um |
B (BK7)
P (Pyrex)
Q (Quartz)
S (Silicon) |
0 deg
Angled |
SMF
PM |
3.2 um
4.0 um
4.8 um
6.8 um
7.7 um |
100cm
Custom |
LC
SC
FC |
PC
APC |
(P/N Example: EPF-8-127-B-0-48-100-SP (SC/PC))
*MFDs are at the wavelength of 1550 nm.
*Available MFD of PM fibers are 3.5 um and 6.8 um.
Please contact us at sales@epiphotonics.com for more details and customization.
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