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Fiber Mode Analyzer for Optical Fiber Characterization

31 January 2013 - AMS Technologies introduced a new Fiber Mode Analyzer for Optical Fiber Characterization. The FMA-100 Fiber Mode Analyzer is the first commercial available analyzer to measure and display the modal content in a fiberoptic component or subsystem. The system can be used to quantify the relative mode power in a bare LMA fiber, a splice, a combiner or a complete subassembly of a fiber laser.

Moreover by analyzing the time of flight it can even trace at which point in the optical path coupling of energy has been taken place.

The technology is a big step forward compared to traditional M² measurement which does not explain the modal distribution. Despite of a good M² parameter there may be unwanted energy in higher order modes that will affect the final performance of the output beam.

The unit can be used for product development in the research environment but also for monitoring the modal content on a production floor.

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