PYROCOAT® Polyimide Coated Optical Fibres
- Technology
- Speciality fibre
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- Lightera
PYROCOAT polyimide coated optical fibers are specifically chosen for harsh temperature sensing and communications environments.
PYROCOAT is a thin, hard coating that provides excellent thermal stability, excellent chemical resistance, and mechanical strength all in a small cross-section fiber.
Commercially available polyimide-coated fibers typically support less than one-year lifetime at 300°C. PYROCOAT delivers continuous lifetime temperatures of 275°C for up to 80 years, 300°C for up to 13 years, and can withstand 450°C for short-term (24 hour) periods.
Range features
A high level overview of what this range offers
- PYROCOAT coated single mode optical fibers designed for Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS), Distributed Strain Sensing (DSS), Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) and Distributed Strain and Temperature Sensing (DSTS) interrogators
- PYROCOAT coated graded-index optical fibers for datacom in harsh environments, DTS, high temperature DTS, Local Area Networks (LAN) with elevated temperature requirements
- -65 to 300°C temperature range
- Options include cabling, additional coatings, connectorisation and metallisation
- No coating degradation in distilled water, 200°C, 2000 psi, 7 days
- No coating degradation in sea water, 100°C, 2000 psi, 14 days
- No coating degradation in mineral oil, 250°C, 2000 psi, 10 days
- No coating degradation in isopropanol, 250°C, 1500 psi, 7 days
- 250°C 20-year continuous upper use temperature
What’s in this range?
All the variants in the range and a comparison of what they offer
| Name / Type | Coating | Core (MFD) / Cladding/ Coating diameter (µm) | Typical applications | Part number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Multi-mode Graded-Index (GEO50) | Carbon/PYROCOAT | 50 / 125 / 155 | DTS, LAN/Datacom in Harsh Environments | F13469 |
GEO 1310 11 NA Single Mode | Carbon/PYROCOAT | 9 / 125 / 155 | Down-Hole Data Links, Above-Ground Well Networking | BF05717 |
Multi-mode Graded-Index | PYROCOAT K | 50 / 125 / 155 | DTS, High-Temperature Networks | F79696 |
AllWave® FLEX Zero Water Peak Single Mode | PYROCOAT K | 9 / 125 / 155 | DAS, DSS, DTS, DSTS | F81255 |
100/140 Graded-Index | PYROCOAT | 100 / 140 / 170 | High Temperature, Harsh Environment | BF04436 |
50/125 PYRO Graded-Index | PYROCOAT | 50 / 125 / 155 | Industrial Data Communications, Local Area Networks | BF04433 |
62.5/125 Graded-Index | PYROCOAT | 62.5 / 125 / 155 | Optical Imaging, Spectroscopy | F19230-01 |
62.5 PYRO Graded-Index | PYROCOAT | 62.5 / 125 / 155 | DTS, Extreme Temperature Environments | BF04434 |
820/880 Single Mode | PYROCOAT | 6 / 125 / 155 | Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), Sensing | BF04701 |
ClearLite® POLY P2 1310 11 NA Single Mode | PYROCOAT | 9 / 125 / 155 | Medical Sensing and Imaging, Oil and Gas, High Temperature | BF05717-01 |
OCT Single Mode | PYROCOAT | 9 / 125 / 155 | Optical Coherence Tomography | BF05717-06 |
980 nm Single Mode | PYROCOAT | 5 / 125 / 155 | Imaging, Sensing, Harsh Environment | F9022 |
1310 nm Single Mode | PYROCOAT | 9 / 80 / 100 | OCT, Sensing | BF04441-06 |
