FORF
Fiber optic reflectors are used to reflect the light emerging from a fiber back in the reverse direction. They are used to build fiber interferometers, or with fiber fused splitters to measure backreflection within fiber optic components. They
can also be used to measure the sensitivity of sources to backreflection from other devices, by providing reference reflection levels. This is very useful for deriving backreflection specifications for transmitters.
Both connector receptacle style and pigtail style reflectors are available. Connector receptacle style reflectors come with a female connector receptacle to allow the fibers to be easily changed. Pigtail style reflectors come with a fiber of your choice permanently attached to the collimating lens. This type of reflector is recommended for optimum coupling efficiency and stability. The other end of the fiber can be terminated with your choice of connector.
Features
- Wide range of available wavelengths
- Available in single mode, polarization maintaining and multimode versions
- Low insertion loss
- Compact housing
- Partial reflectors available
Applications
- Interferometric sensors
- Circulators
- Return loss testing
- Reference beam power measurements
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