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Architectural & Civil Engineering Products

OFS Expands and Improves MDU Solutions for FTTH

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - FTTH Connect 2016, Booth 306, OFS, a leading manufacturer of innovative fiber optic network products, announces new products for Multiple Dwelling Unit (MDU) applications, including the SlimBox™ 64, 24 and 12-fiber Wall Mount Modules and two significant improvements to the InvisiLight-® MDU Solution. Service providers are often allotted small spaces for their equipment in...

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Architectural & Civil Engineering Products

OFS Expands In-Living-Unit FTTH Offerings

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - FTTH Connect 2016, Booth 306 - OFS, a leading manufacturer of innovative fiber optic products announces three new Fiber in the Home Products - the InvisiLight-® Drop Solution, the SlimBox™ Wall Plate, and an ultra-compact 80 x 80 Module for the InvisiLight Indoor Living Unit (ILU) Solution. Service providers are installing fiber not just to the home but also inside the home...

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Optical Fiber Assembly makes use of OCT capabilities.
Optics & Photonics

Optical Fiber Assembly makes use of OCT capabilities.

Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) optical fiber assembly capabilities enables building of optical fiber probes with flexible tip lensing designs to meet critical OCT imaging specifications, such as insertion loss, internal back reflection, beam size, and working distance. Fiber manufacturing can incorporate- such unique features as select cutoff, specific numerical apertures, graded...

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Electronic Components & Devices

All-Dry Fiber Microcable improves safety and productivity.

While improving safety and productivity, MiDia-® Dry FX microcable helps reduce fiber cable installation- expense. Fibers emerge from buffer tubes ready for fusion splicing or optical testing, eliminating need for cleaning products. Available in 3 constructions containing up to 144 fibers, product comes with bend-insensitive AllWave-® + fiber. Entirely dry cable technology replaces gel-based...

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Optics & Photonics

ZWP Single-Mode Optical Fiber eliminates water peak defect.

With optimized bend radius, bend loss, and polarization mode dispersion (PMD),- AllWave-®+- full-spectrum Zero Water Peak (ZWP) single-mode optical fiber meets demands of FTTx, Metro, and Backhaul networks. Nominal mode field diameter of 9.2 micron- minimizes splice loss to existing single-mode fibers. Compliant with ITU-T G.652.D and G.657.A1, fiber can prevent network disruptions from...

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Optics & Photonics

Double Clad Optical Fibers serve fiber laser applications.

Intended for high-power fiber laser applications, TrueLase™ Ytterbium Doped Cladding Pumped Fiber (Yb 20/400 LMA DCF) and TrueLase Passive Double Clad fiber (20/400 LMA DCF) are both matched for splice optimization and laser cavity efficiency. Products feature tight core concentricity control as- well as uniform fiber properties across draw and are designed to provide high clad absorption and...

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Optics & Photonics

Fiber Laser Cavity outputs up to 1 kW.

Made possible via its core architecture and fiber design, 1 Kilowatt TrueMode™ Fiber Laser Cavity offers complete package with matched components that deliver 1 kW of true single-mode output. This laser cavity, featuring package design that accommodates use of customer-selected pump diode, helps simplify multi-kW system designs.

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Optics & Photonics

OFS Launches TrueLase(TM) Optical Fibers for Fiber Laser Applications

Somerset, New Jersey- — OFS, a leading designer, manufacturer, and supplier of innovative fiber laser components, today announced the launch of its new TrueLase™ Double Clad Optical Fibers for high power fiber laser applications. These new OFS fibers are TrueLase Ytterbium Doped Cladding Pumped Fiber (Yb 20/400 LMA DCF) and TrueLase Passive Double Clad fiber (20/400 LMA DCF), both of which...

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Optics & Photonics

OFS Announces Highly Nonlinear Fiber

Improves Nonlinear Efficiency ANAHEIM, Calif., -- OFC/ NFOEC 2013, Booth 2627 - OFS, a leading designer, manufacturer and supplier of innovative fiber optic network products, today announced the launch of a new highly nonlinear fiber ( HNLF ) with stable phase-matching for improved nonlinear efficiency ( HNLF-SPINE ).-  The new HNLF combines a high non-linear coefficient with a zero dispersion...

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Company News

OFS Solutions Recognized by 2019 Cabling Installation & Maintenance Innovators Awards

NORCROSS, Ga., Oct. 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- OFS, a leading innovator of fiber optic products, announced today that three of its fiber optic solutions have been named as among the best in the industry by the 2019 Cabling Installation & Maintenance Innovators Awards. OFS was recognized as a Gold-level honoree for its R-Pack™ Rollable Ribbon Backbone Cable, AccuTube®+ Rollable Ribbon Cable,...

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Mark Boxer of OFS Honored for Fiber Industry Excellence

Fiber Broadband Association Announces Annual Honorees at Fiber Connect 2019 Orlando, FL June 3, 2019 — Mark Boxer, Applications Engineering Manager of OFS, received the Photon Award for excellence in the fiber industry. At its Fiber Connect show in Orlando, Florida, the Fiber Broadband Association honored two extraordinary organizations and one individual for their dedication to advancing the...

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Company News

OFS, Avon, CT Facility is Now AS9100D Certified

Avon, CT. November 27, 2018 - OFS, a leading designer, manufacturer, and supplier of innovative fiber optic products has achieved certification of its Avon, CT facility to AS9100D. AS9100 is the internationally recognized Quality Management System standard specific to the aerospace, aviation and defense industries. OFS has more than 30 years of experience manufacturing fiber optics products for...

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Company News

CommScope and OFS Extend Long-Term Fiber Partnership

New eight-year supply commitment to address growing demand for bandwidth Hickory, North Carolina | Norcross, Georgia, January 10, 2018 - As both companies invest in capacity to address the strong demand for more bandwidth, OFS and CommScope have entered into a new eight-year partnership to help ensure the availability of optical fiber supply to CommScope for use in its customers’ networks....

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Company News

Furukawa Electric Group Opens Second Industrial Unit in Mexico

New Mexicali Plant Will Produce Solutions for the Communications Market São Paulo, December 8, 2017 - Furukawa Electric LatAm, a company of the Furukawa Electric Group, is opening on December 8th, a new manufacturing facility in Mexico focused on the production of solutions for the communications market. Located in Mexicali, capital of the state of Baja California, the new plant will cover 6,000...

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Company News

OFS to Present Series of Sessions at Fiber Connect Conference

2017 Fiber Connect, Booth #601, Orlando, Florida, June 7, 2017 - OFS, a leading manufacturer of innovative fiber optic products and solutions will showcase continued technical and industry leadership in two highly rated educational sessions at the annual Fiber Connect Conference to be held at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center, Orlando, Florida from June 12 – 14, 2017. Mark Boxer,...

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Company News

OFS Announces Charter Membership in New Fiber Optic Sensing Association (FOSA)

Norcross, Georgia, April 26, 2017 - OFS, a leading designer, manufacturer and supplier of innovative fiber optic products, announced today that it is a founding member of the newly-established Fiber Optic Sensing Association (FOSA). FOSA’s mission is to educate industry, government and the public on the benefits of cutting-edge fiber optic sensing technology and its application in today’s...

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Company News

OFS to Present Technical Papers at UL and IWCS China Cable & Connectivity Symposium

Norcross, Georgia, April 18, 2017 – OFS, a leading designer, manufacturer and supplier of innovative fiber optic products will present six technical papers at the first-ever UL and IWCS China Cable & Connectivity Symposium. The Symposium will take place at the Marriott Shanghai City Centre, Shanghai, China, from April 25 through April 27, 2017. The tracks, dates, and titles of the papers are as...

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Company News

OFS Norcross Named 2017 Gwinnett County Large Manufacturer of the Year

Norcross, Georgia, March 27, 2017 - OFS, a leading designer, manufacturer and supplier of innovative fiber optic network products, announced today that its Norcross facility has been named 2017 Large Manufacturer of the Year by Partnership Gwinnett’s Movers & Makers Awards. Dr. Timothy F. Murray, Chairman and CEO of OFS, stated, “OFS Norcross is honored to be named Large Manufacturer of the...

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OFS to Present Series of Sessions and Newly Published Silicon Photonics Book at OFC 2017 Conference

OFC 2017, Booth 2925, Los Angeles, California, March 20, 2017 - OFS, a leading designer, manufacturer and supplier of innovative fiber optic network products and solutions will showcase continued technical and industry leadership in a series of events at the annual OFC Conference to be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center, California from 19-23 March. In addition to multiple contributed...

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