Polarisation Maintaining (PM) Components
- Technology
- Passive fibre optical components
- Partner
- AC Photonics
AC Photonics’ range of PM products includes many components found in high-end fiber optic amplifiers, networks, and transmission systems deployed in our communications infrastructure today.
The products are highly customisable, offer outstanding reliability, and deliver performance that can be pushed to the limits. All PM components are Telcordia compliant and can be used demanding environmental conditions.
Typical applications include EDFAs, Raman Amplifiers, fiber optic sensors, test and measurement systems, and instrumentation.
Range features
A high level overview of what this range offers
- High isolation and low insertion loss
- High extinction ratio and low PDL
- Excellent thermal stability and high reliability
- Custom, compact packaging available
- Standard and custom fiber lengths, with or without connectors
- Epoxy-free optical path
- High-power handling component options
- PM1550, PM1310, PM980, PM850, PM780 and special fiber types
- Components available in different wavelength ranges from 780 to 1650 nm
- Choice of working axis: slow, fast or both
What’s in this range?
All the variants in the range and a comparison of what they offer
| Product type | PM780 | PM850 | PM980 | PM1310 | PM1550 | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Circulators | X | X | X | X | X | |
Collimators | X | X | X | |||
Combiners | X | X | X | |||
Couplers | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Hybrids | X | X | X | X | ||
Isolators | X | X | X | |||
Optics | X | X | X | |||
Photodiodes | X | |||||
Switches | X | X | X |
