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3SAE Optical Combiner Development system




The 3SAE Technologies Optical Combiner Development system is a fully customizable system for the manufacture of fused fiber bundles. Up to 19 fibers can be arranged, aligned, fused, tapered, cleaved, and spliced to create high-quality fiber combiners. The system is modular and can be configured for many different fiber counts, fiber diameters, and combiner geometries.

The Optical Combiner Development system is a Large Diameter Splicing system specially configured for tapering and fiber bundling.  Special software analyzes the images from the powerful camera system to ensure that the combiner geometry perfectly matches your optical design.  The versatility of this system surpasses that of any fiber fusion equipment available.

Product Features

>Unmatched control of fiber alignment, both positional and angular.

>High-magnification telecentric optics and high-resolution cameras for alignment and inspection of fibers, with superb contrast and visibility.

>Sophisticated PC-based control software controls the automatic steps of the process and provides DSP-based imaging tools to guide precise manual alignment.

>Powerful, positionable Ring of Fire® heat source provides even heating for fiber splicing, fiber end-caps, tapering, bundling, and other applications.

>Y configuration Ring of Fire® electrode block with extended life special alloy electrodes minimize maintenance requirements and enable high thermal power with negligible tungsten deposits compared to other technologies.

>Ring of Fire® arc discharging hardware capable of splicing up to 2.5mm fiber with auto balance firmware.

>Ring of Fire® “Ionic Ablation” fiber cleaning software for pre-fusion, secondary cleaning of optical fibers.

Product Configuration

LDS Ring of Fire Plasma Splicing System Standard Package:

• Left Stage: X, Y, and Z.
• Right Stage: X, Y, Z, Pitch and Yaw Alignment
• Pitch and Yaw provide 1 arc second theoretical resolution.
• Z axis offers 30um of stroke, per side.
• Ring of Fire translation stage with 30 mm of stroke
• Two, 2MP, orthogonal video microscopes
• Includes Monitor, PC with Windows OS, MS Office Basic, and Control Software

Upgrade Packages

• LDS High Performance Splicing Package: Precision piezo z alignment.
• LDS PM Splicing Package: End-Face inspection and PM software.
• LDS Taper and Combiner Package: Taper and combiner fabrication.
• LDS Translation Package: Increase Z travel to 90mm per side.
• LDS Integrated LDF Cleaving System Package: In-situ fiber cleaving.