CORNING, N.Y. -- Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW), the industry leader in specialty optical fiber, today announced the introduction of two new polarization maintaining (PM) optical fibers with higher numerical aperture (NA) and high temperature polyimide coating. These newest additions to Corning’s broad specialty fiber portfolio capture emerging technology trends in aerospace, fiber optic gyroscope, and sensor markets for improved laser coupling efficiency, as well as deployment in harsh environments.

Corning’s high NA fibers are optimized with 30% higher NA versus standard fibers and are available in PM.1300 with 125-micron cladding, and PM.850 with 80-micron reduced cladding for miniaturized devices. These highly birefringent fibers are designed with excellent dimensional uniformity and low beat lengths for applications including planar waveguides, visible light sensor probes, and Faraday effect devices.

Additionally, Corning is introducing polarization maintaining fiber with polyimide coating targeted for high temperature, high pressure applications such as aerospace platforms, radiation analysis, and down-hole geological sensing. Available initially at 1300-nanometer wavelength, Corning’s polyimide specialty fiber consists of a 10-micron coating applied over standard 125-um cladding to provide a fatigue resistant PM fiber for use in extreme temperature environments.

"Our diverse customer segments range from telecommunications to homeland security to oil exploration," states James Haberstroh, product line manager for Corning Specialty Fiber, "The introduction of the high NA and polyimide PM fibers is part of Corning’s ongoing strategy to deliver leading technology to both telecom and non-telecom markets. Over the next year we plan to introduce new specialty fibers at an unprecedented rate."

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