With applications for Polarization Maintaining fibers growing at an ever-increasing rate, our HB is the natural, high-performance choice for fundamental research. To give you maximum choice and versatility, HB is available in no-less than seven standard wavelength ranges from below 488 nm to beyond 1550 nm. Throughout all wavelength ranges, the standard NA of 0.16 guarantees excellent resistance to bend-induced losses.

Specifications

	HB450	HB600	HB750	HB800	HB1000	HB1250	HB1500
Design Wavelength1	488 nm, 514 nm	633 nm	780 nm	830 nm	1064nm	1300 nm	1550 nm
Cut-off Wavelength	350nm - 450nm	500nm - 600nm	610nm - 750nm	600nm - 800nm	840nm - 1020nm	1030nm - 1270nm	1230nm - 1520nm
Numerical Aperture	0.11 ± 15%	0.16 ± 10%	0.16 ± 10%	0.16 ± 10%	0.16 ± 10%	0.16 ± 10%	0.16 ± 10%
Attenuation2	<100 dB/km	<12 dB/km	<8 dB/km	<5 dB/km	<3 dB/km	<2 dB/km	<2 dB/km
Beat-Length3	< 2 mm
Proof Test	0.5% strain (50 kpsi stress)
Outside Diameter4 (Fibre)	125 µm +/- 1% (RMS)
Core Cladding Concentricity	< 1.0 µm
Outside Diameter (Coating)	245 µm ± 5%

1. The Design Wavelength is the wavelength (or wavelengths) at the which the fibre is typically used. In practice, the fibre will transmit a TEM00 mode at any wavelength within an operating window extending approximately 200 nm from the cut-off wavelength.
2. Attenuation is quoted for the shortest Design wavelength.
3. Beat-length is measured at 633 nm for all fibre types. To a first approximation, beat-length scales directly with operating wavelength.
4. Localised, peak-to-peak variations of up to 3% may be experienced.

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