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Nufern Tightens Fiber Specs on Select Cut-Off 1060 nm and Planar Waveguide Fibers

June 03, 2003

BALTIMORE, Maryland - June 3, 2003 - Nufern Tightens Fiber Specs on Select Cut-Off 1060 nm and Planar Waveguide Fibers. Nufern, the largest independent provider of application-specific optical fiber, announces tighter specifications for its planar waveguide and select cut-off single-mode 1060 nm fibers. Designed to improve performance and reduce manufacturing expenses, these extra high-performance (XP) fibers provide improved optical and geometrical tolerances with a clad diameter of ± 0.5 µm, a coating diameter ± 10 µm, and a core-clad concentricity of < 0.3 µm.

“ When we launched our high-performance (HP) series of fibers some 18 months ago, our goal was to develop and produce products that exceeded industry standards in reliability, repeatability, and performance,” says Nufern Director of Business Development, Bryce Samson. “Our XP line is a continuation of that vision. In today’s market, customers demand the highest performance products possible. In addition, because of the higher tolerance yields these fibers offer, customers can relax some of their manufacturing specifications which translates into lower manufacturing costs.”

About Nufern
Nufern is the largest independent manufacturer of highly engineered, application-specific optical fiber (ASOF) for components and systems serving the telecommunications, industrial, medical, and aerospace industries. With manufacturing facilities located at its headquarters in East Granby, Connecticut, USA, Nufern is able to engineer, make, support, and deliver large volumes of commercial-grade ASOF to customers around the world. Nufern products include double clad, PM gyroscope, erbium-doped fiber, polarization maintaining fiber, planar waveguide fiber, select cut-off single-mode fiber, photosensitive fiber, RGB fiber, ultra-high numerical aperture fiber, as well as, metalized fibertails, specialty coatings and custom designs. For more information, call toll-free, (866) 466-0214, or visit www.nufern.com.

Editors’ Note: Electronic images of these products are available here.