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5 min to know where are fiber arrays mainly used

  1. Optical Communication
  2. Sensing & Metrology
  3. Biomedical Engineering
  4. Industrial & Manufacturing
  5. Photonics & Quantum Technology
  6. Display & Lighting
  7. Aerospace & Defense
  1. Optical Communication

Data Centers & High-Performance Computing (HPC)

-Arrangement:12/24ch, spacing:250um/500um

-Fiber type: G.652D for long distance、OM3/OM4 for short distance

-Parameters:Low IL and High RL

Fiber Optic Transceivers

     -Arrangement:4*4/8*8, spacing:127um/250um

-Fiber type:SM Fiber or PM Fiber

-Parameters:High alignment accuracy and Low PDL

Backbone Networks

-Arrangement:8/16ch

-Fiber type:SM Fiber

-·Low insertion loss uniformity and wide operating bandwidth

2. Sensing & Metrology

Imaging Spectroscopy

-Arrangement:1×N/M×N,spacing:100 – 500μm

-Fiber type:MM Fiber/Index fiber

-Parameters:

High numerical aperture (NA = 0.22 – 0.37)

   low crosstalk (<-40dB)

Distributed Sensing

-Arrangement:1×N, based on sensing points

-Fiber type: SM Fiber or temperature – resistant fiber

-Parameters: Resistance to stretching/bendind, compatibility with the wavelength range of the FBG

demodulation system (1525 – 1565nm)

Interferometry

-Arrangement:1*2/1*4/Spacing:250um

-Fiber type:SM Fiber/PM Fiber

-Parameters: Low phase noise (<0.1rad), high stability (temperature drift <0.01dB/℃)

3. Biomedical Engineering

Endoscopy & Imaging

-Arrangement:Ring arrays

-Fiber type: MMF, such as 30/125μm,medical – grade fiber 

-Parameters: High light transmittance (>90%@400 – 800nm), flexibility (bending radius <5mm).

Laser Therapy

-Arrangement:Linear or ring arrays (3 – 12 cores)

-Fiber type: Large – core multi – mode fiber (400μm, 600μm) or end – capped fiber

-Parameters: High power tolerance (>10W continuous output)

Uniform power distribution (output difference between cores <5%).

Biosensing

-Arrangement:High – density 2D arrays

-Fiber type:SM Fiber/MM fiber

-Parameters: Low background noise/Low background noise

4. Industrial & Manufacturing

Laser Material Processing

-Arrangement:Linear or matrix arrays (such as 3×3, 5×5)

-Fiber type:Large core MM fiber (such as 200 – 1000μm) or double – cladding fiber

-Parameters:High power capacity,damage threshold

Machine Vision

-Arrangement:Linear arrays/ring arrays

-Fiber type: MMF(NA=0.2-0.3)/temperature – resistant fiber

-Parameters:Uniform light output, vibration resistance

3D Printing

-Arrangement:2D,spacing:50~100um

-Fiber type: MMF(100um)

-Parameters:High ultraviolet transmittance,low power attenuation

5. Photonics & Quantum Technology

Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs)

-Arrangement:2D,spacing:50~250um

– Fiber type: SMF/PMF

-Parameters:alignment accuracy,low mode mismatch loss 

Quantum Communication

-Arrangement:Linear arrays 1*4/1*8

-Fiber type:Low los SMF/ Low polarization mode dispersion PMF

-Parameters:low light scattering,high stability

6. Display & Lighting

Projection Systems

-Arrangement:Linear arrays

-Fiber type:MMF/visible light fiber

-Parameters: High light transmittance,uniform light intensity distribution

Visible Light Communication (VLC)

-Arrangement:Linear or star arrays

-Fiber type:MMF

-Parameters: Wide bandwidth

7. Aerospace & Defense

Avionics

-Arrangement: Miniaturized linear arrays 1×4, 1×8

-Fiber type:Radiation resistant SMF/high – strength fiber

-Parameters:· Wide temperature range (-55℃ to +125℃)

resistance to vibration (10 – 2000Hz) and impact (1000G).

LIDAR Systems

-Arrangement: 2D,16*16

-Fiber type:SMF( emitting laser pulses),MMF(receiving echoes)

-Parameters:High response speed,low time dispersion

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