High Temperature Fibre

YOFC has developed HTF for communication and sensing in high-temperature and other harsh environments. With high-temperature resistant polyester coating and polyimide coating, the YOFC HTF can work properly at the temperatures below 150°C and 300°C.

Applications    

  • Mining industry    

  • Oil/gas    

  • Medical care that requires a maximum protection of the fibre at very high temperatures    

  • Laser radars 

Product standards 

HTF with special polyester coating

Operating temperature: -65°C~+150°C (long-term), 200°C (short-term)    

  • Standard-sized HTF: glass cladding diameter: 125 μm; coating diameter: 245±10 μm    

  • Cladding diameter, NA, and coating thickness: customizable according to customer requirements

Optimized HTF with polyimide coating

Operating temperature: -65°C~+300°C (long-term), 350°C (short-term);

  • Standard-sized HTF: glass cladding diameter: 125 μm; coating diameter: 155±5 μm    

  • Cladding diameter, NA, and coating thickness: customizable according to customer requirements

Characteristics

  • Excellent high-temperature working stability    

  • Excellent optical and geometrical properties    

  • Customized refractive index profile of

Specifications

Specification-1

Fibre typeHT 9/125-14/250(150)HT 9/125-14/250(150)_YHT 9/125-14/155(300)HT 8/80-12/105(300)
Part No.HT1210-AHT1210-BHT1510-BHT1511-B
Optical properties
Mode field diameter @1310 nm (μm)9.2±0.49.2±0.49.2±0.49.1±0.5
Mode field diameter @1550 nm (μm)10.4±0.810.4±0.810.4±0.810.4±0.8
Cable cutoff wavelength (λcc) (nm)≤1300≤1300≤1300≤1290
Attenuation @1310 nm (dB/km)≤0.40≤0.40≤1.00≤3.00
Attenuation @1550 nm (dB/km)≤0.25≤0.25≤0.80-
Geometrical properties
Cladding diameter (μm)125.0±1.0125.0±1.0125.0±2.080.0±2.0
Coating diameter (μm)245.0±10.0245.0±10.0155.0±5.0105.0±5.0
Cladding non-circularity (%)≤1.0≤1.0≤1.0≤1.0
Core/cladding concentricity (μm)≤0.8≤0.8≤0.8≤1.0
Coating/cladding concentricity (μm)≤12≤12≤10≤10
Mechanical performance
Proof test level (kpsi)100100100100
Operating temperature range (°C)-65~150, 200(short-term)-65~150, 200(short-term)-65~150, 200(short-term)-65~150, 200(short-term)
Coating materialSpecial polyesterSpecial polyesterpolyimidepolyimide

Specification-2

Fibre typeHTBI 9/125-14/250+(150)HTBI 9/125-14/250+(150)_YHTBI 8/125-14/250(150)HTBI 8/125-14/250(150)_Y
Part No.HT1211-AHT1211-BHT1213-CHT1213-B
Optical properties
Mode field diameter @1310 nm (μm)8.8±0.48.8±0.48.6±0.48.6±0.4
Mode field diameter @1550 nm (μm)9.8±0.59.8±0.59.6±0.59.6±0.5
Cable cutoff wavelength (λcc) (nm)≤1260≤1260≤1260≤1260
Attenuation @1310 nm (dB/km)≤0.35≤0.35≤0.35≤0.35
Attenuation @1383 nm (dB/km)≤0.35≤0.35≤0.35≤0.35
Attenuation @1550 nm (dB/km)≤0.21≤0.21≤0.21≤0.21
Attenuation @1625 nm (dB/km)≤0.23≤0.23≤0.23≤0.23
Zero dispersion wavelength (nm)1300~13241300~13241300~13241300~1324
Zero dispersion slope (ps/nm²·km)≤0.092≤0.092≤0.092≤0.092
Geometrical properties
Core diameter (μm)124.8±0.7124.8±0.7124.8±0.7124.8±0.7
Coating diameter (μm)245.0±5.0245.0±5.0245.0±5.0245.0±5.0
Cladding non-circularity error (%)≤0.7≤0.7≤0.7≤0.7
Core/cladding concentricity (μm)≤0.5≤0.5≤0.5≤0.5
Coating/cladding concentricity (μm)≤12≤12≤12≤12
Cladding non-circularity (%)≤6.0≤6.0≤6.0≤6.0
Macro-bending performance
Macro-bending loss (dB) @1550nm, 1turn, 10mm radius≤0.1≤0.1≤0.03≤0.03
Macro-bending loss (dB) @1625nm, 1turn, 10mm radius≤0.2≤0.2≤0.1≤0.1
Macro-bending loss (dB) @1550nm, 1turn, 7.5mm radius-≤0.5≤0.08≤0.08
Macro-bending loss (dB) @1625nm, 1turn, 7.5mm radius-≤1.0≤0.25≤0.25
Macro-bending loss (dB) @1550nm, 1turn, 5mm radius--≤0.15≤0.15
Macro-bending loss (dB) @1625nm, 1turn, 5mm radius--≤0.45≤0.45
Mechanical performance
Proof test level (kpsi)100100100100
Operating temperature range (°C)-65~150, 200(short-term)-65~150, 200(short-term)-65~150, 200(short-term)-65~150, 200(short-term)
Coating materialSpecial polyesterSpecial polyesterSpecial polyesterSpecial polyester

Specification-3

Fibre typeHTG 50/125-20/250(150)HTG 50/125-20/250(150)_YHT 50/125-20/155(300)
Part No.HT2312-BHT2211-AHT2512-B
Optical properties
Attenuation @850 nm (dB/km)≤3.0≤2.4≤4.0
Attenuation @1300 nm (dB/km)≤0.8≤0.6≤2.0
Overfilled modal bandwidth @850 nm (MHz·km)≥150≥150≥150
Overfilled modal bandwidth @1300 nm (MHz·km)≥300≥300≥300
NA0.200±0.0150.200±0.0150.200±0.015
Geometrical properties
Core diameter (μm)50±2.550±2.550±3.0
Cladding diameter (μm)125.0±1.0125.0±1.0125.0±2.0
Coating diameter (μm)245.0±10.0245.0±10.0155.0±5.0
Cladding non-circularity (%)≤1.0≤1.0≤1.0
Core/cladding concentricity error (μm)≤1.5≤1.5≤1.5
Coating/cladding concentricity deviation (μm)≤12≤12≤10
Mechanical performance
Proof test level (kpsi)100100100
Operating temperature range (°C)-65~150, 200(short-term)-65~150, 200(short-term)-65~150, 200(short-term)
Coating materialSpecial polyesterSpecial polyesterSpecial polyester

Specification-4

Fibre typeHTG 62.5/125-27/250(150)HTG 62.5/125-27/250(150)_YHT 62.5/125-27/155(300)
Part No.HT2215-AHT2215-BHT2515-B
Optical properties
Attenuation @850 nm (dB/km)≤3.0≤3.0≤4.0
Attenuation @1300 nm (dB/km)≤1.0≤1.0≤2.0
Overfilled modal bandwidth @850 nm (MHz·km)≥150≥150≥150
Overfilled modal bandwidth @1300 nm (MHz·km)≥300≥300≥300
NA0.275±0.0150.275±0.0150.275±0.015
Geometrical properties
Core diameter (μm)62.5±2.562.5±2.562.5±3.0
Cladding diameter (μm)125.0±1.0125.0±1.0125.0±2.0
Coating diameter (μm)245.0±10.0245.0±10.0155.0±5.0
Cladding non-circularity (%)≤1.0≤1.0≤1.0
Core/cladding concentricity error (μm)≤1.5≤1.5≤1.5
Coating/cladding concentricity deviation (μm)≤12≤12≤10
Mechanical performance
Proof test level (kpsi)100100100
Operating temperature range (°C)-65~150, 200(short-term)-65~150, 200(short-term)-65~150, 200(short-term)
Coating materialSpecial polyesterSpecial polyesterSpecial polyester
  • During attenuation test, the optical fibre with polyimide coating shall be wound with near zero tension on an optical fibre spool greater than 36 cm in diameter.

  • Optical fibres with different core diameters (e.g. 100μm, 200μm, and 300μm) can be equipped with a high-temperature resistant coating according to customer requirements.