Request InfoOZ Optics LimitedOZ Optics Limited is pleased to announce our new ON-LINE CATALOG (shop.ozoptics.com) which is the world’s largest fiber optic online catalog. • THOUSANDS OF FIBER OPTIC PRODUCTS IN STOCK • STOCK ITEMS ARE SHIPPED WITH 1 OR 2 BUSINESS DAYS • EXCESS INVENTORY AS MUCH AS 75% OFFSee full productRelated content from Photonics MediaPRODUCTSPromoted Content March 2020 IssuePulse Compressor & BoosterOZ Optics now offers a Pulse Compressor and Peak-Field Booster. This compact device utilizes nonlinear effects from a fiber to surpass peak electric field limitations from an ultrafast source. After...Photonics Spectra March 2020 IssuePulse Compressor + BoosterThe Pulse Compressor and Peak-Field Booster from OZ Optics Ltd. is a compact device that utilizes nonlinear effects from an optical fiber to surpass peak electric field limitations from an ultrafast...Photonics.com 6/1/2020Backreflection MirrorsBackreflection meters from OZ Optics Ltd. are designed for optical components and applications in the visible and NIR wavelength ranges. The compact unit features a broadband superluminescent...Photonics Spectra January 2021 IssueBare Fiber AdaptersBare fiber adapters from OZ Optics Ltd. provide a simple and effective way to use unterminated fibers with commercial receptacles. Users strip, clean, and cleave their fiber, inserting it into...ARTICLESPhotonics Spectra November 2020 IssueAll-Glass Fiber Optic Sensor Measures Force on Miniature ObjectsA team of researchers has designed a tiny fiber optic force sensor, approximately equal in diameter to a human hair, capable of measuring extremely slight forces exerted by small objects. The...Photonics.com 6/21/2019Berk-Tek Appoints Jensen PresidentBerk-Tek, a Nexans company and manufacturer of network infrastructure solutions, has appointed Will Jensen president of Berk-Tek and vice president and general manager of Nexans LAN Division North...EuroPhotonics Autumn 2019 IssueFiber Optic Sensors Compete in Environmental Monitoring MarketModern societies are facing rising concerns about global environmental issues, including an alarming rise in pollution of our seas, waterways, land, and air. As we bear witness to widespread...Photonics.com 11/5/2020Light-Driven Quantum Network Promises Faster, Enhanced CommunicationUsing magnetic and semiconducting materials, researchers at the University of Rochester and Cornell University designed a nanoscale node capable of using laser light to emit and accept photons to...PHOTONICS HANDBOOK ARTICLESPhotonics HandbookFiber Optics: Understanding the Basics: Nothing has changed the world of communications as much as the development and implementation of optical fiber. This article provides the basic principles needed to work with this technology.Optical fibers are made from either glass or plastic. Most are roughly the diameter of a human hair, and they may be many miles long. Light is transmitted along the center of the fiber from one end...Photonics HandbookSpectrum Analysis for DWDM: New Instruments Meet the Challenge: The demand for bandwidth drives a growing need for a new breed of test and measurement instruments.As system and cable installers try to optimize their links, the preferred method has become high-speed DWDM. This demand for bandwidth has led to the development of new test and measurement...Photonics HandbookPolarization Mode Dispersion: Concepts and Measurement: The performance of high-speed, digital fiber optic communications systems depends upon how reliably the receiver is able to distinguish closely spaced bits of information. Dispersive effects — physical mechanisms that broaden transmitted pulses — degrade this process.There are three fundamentally different dispersive phenomena in optical fiber, of which polarization mode dispersion (PMD) is the most complex. In digital multimode fiber systems, a light pulse...Photonics HandbookSilicon Photonics: Light Is the Ultimate Medium for High-Speed Communications: Thanks to innovations with heterogeneous material integration and multiphotonic layer stacking, silicon photonics will drive optical solutions to high volumes and low costs.Silicon photonics is widely considered a key enabling technology for further development of optical interconnect solutions needed to address growing traffic on the internet. From the first submarine...WHITEPAPERSPhotonics.com 4/13/2020How OFDR is Redefining Optical Component CharacterizationModern optical networks require ever higher-speeds and the associated optical and electronic systems must be smaller and less power-hungry. This need has driven major investments in new component...Photonics.com 2/25/2019Effects of Sterilization Methods on Key Properties of Specialty Optical Fibers Used in Medical DevicesOptical fibers with different types of polymer coatings were exposed to three sterilization conditions: multiple autoclaving, treatment with ethylene oxide and treatment with gamma rays. Effects of...Photonics.com 2/25/2020Hybrid Gain Flattening Filters in Optical Fiber AmplifiersIridian Spectral Technologies has developed what is referred to as a Hybrid GFF, which combines the functionality of both a WDM and the GFF on one component. Specifically, a Hybrid GFF can block the...Photonics.com 2/1/2020Annular Heating of Optical Fiber with a CO2 Laser Using Reflective Axicon ElementsBy offsetting the light structure, precise localized zone heating and annealing of specific areas at a fiber’s surface can be achieved as well. This is essentially a passive device into which active...WEBINARSPhotonics.com 4/17/2018Fundamentals of Helium Leak DetectionFrom LEDs to medical devices to microelectronics to fiber optics — everything leaks! This 40-minute webinar, presented by Agilent Technologies, will describe the challenges of locating and...Photonics.com 4/27/2017Simulating Metamaterials in the Terahertz RegimeIf you want to learn how to simulate metamaterials in the terahertz regime, then tune into this webinar, presented by COMSOL. Metamaterials are engineered to have specific material properties. They...Photonics.com 6/5/2013Computational Microscopy, Sensing and Diagnostics for Telemedicine and Global Health ApplicationsAdditional Questions and Answers from the Webinar are below: With more than 6 billion cell phone users in the world, the majority of them in developing countries, there are opportunities for...Photonics.com 4/22/2020Positioning Equipment for Automated Fiber Optics Device Manufacturing: Practical Ways to Solve Challenging ProblemsAs fiber optics device manufacturing processes mature, the use of automated alignment, probing, and packaging equipment will become widespread. These automated technologies will greatly enhance the...PHOTONICS DICTIONARY+ TERMSEDU.photonics.com 9/8/2009space-division multiplex (SDM)In fiber optics, the condition in which each fiber of a bundle carries a separate channel.EDU.photonics.com 9/8/2009ultraviolet fiber optics (UVFO)Special glasses that extend the usable range of fiber optics well into the ultraviolet region. The fibers have a core of high-purity, nonfluorescing quartz clad with an ultraviolet-transmitting...EDU.photonics.com 9/8/2009hygroscopicIn fiber optics, a material whose properties, usually of transmission, are distinctly affected by the absorption of water vapor.EDU.photonics.com 9/8/2009high-performance parallel interface (HIPPI)A very high bandwidth communication line often used in fiber optics.VIDEOSPhotonics.com 3/14/2018SCHOTT Solutions for InVitro DiagnosticsLight is not always simply light when it comes to clinical diagnoses, light is the key to prediction accuracy in analytical quality. Our solution: a flexible fiber optic multi-branch device with...Photonics.com 2/21/2018Photonics on the Showroom Floor and in the Lab - LIGHT MATTERS 02.2018On this month's episode of Light Matters, we take you on a brief tour of the Higgins Laboratories at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). Quinsigamond Community College and WPI received a $4M grant...Photonics.com 9/28/2017Light Matters Extra: Optics & Photonics Technology Program, STCC - 09.2017In this month’s Light Matters Extra, we take you to the Springfield Technical Community College campus and introduce you to Professor Nick Massa, who has been teaching Optics and Photonics there for...Photonics.com 1/18/2018Light Matters Extra: Taking Photonics Innovations from the Lab to the Operating Room - 01.2018In this month's Light Matters Extra, we give you an in-depth look at the relationship between researchers and scientists at the University of California Davis, and surgeons and clinicians at nearby...PHOTONICS BUYERS' GUIDE CATEGORIESCable Management ProductsEpoxiesCommon name for a variety of adhesives used for lens bonding, fiber optic splicing and other photonics applications. The term is actually a prefix denoting the presence of an epoxide group in a...Fiber Optic Curing SystemsFiber Optic AdaptersCOMPANIESPhotonics Buyers' GuideOZ Optics LimitedEstablished in 1985, OZ Optics is a leading worldwide supplier of fiber optic components, test equipment and sensors. OZ Optics manufactures its products in three locations, Ottawa (Canada),...Photonics Buyers' Guideart photonics GmbHWith more than 20 years of experience in design, development, and manufacturing of specialty optical fibers and complex optical fiber assemblies, art photonics GmbH is a major solution provider in...Photonics Buyers' GuideEvanescent Optics Inc.Evanescent Optics Inc. acquired the assets and employee group of Canadian Instrumentation & Research Ltd. in August 2009 and continues production and development of the suite of fiber optic...Photonics Buyers' GuideIncom Inc.Incom is known as the world’s largest supplier of fused fiber optics solutions. We enable innovation in the medical, scientific, display, and defense industries. Combining the most progressive...