Redfern's Polymer Microstructured Optical Fibers(tm) are a new concept in optical fiber design and application

September 25, 2001

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Redfern Polymer Optics, a world-leading developer and manufacturer of polymer planar and fiber components and polymer optical fibers, today announced Polymer Microstructured Optical Fibers(tm), a new concept in optical fiber design and application. In these Polymer Microstructured Optical Fibers(tm), light is guided by an optical fiber made from polymer (not glass, the typical key component of optical fiber) containing microscopic holes in the direction of transmission (rather than relying on a refractive index profile generated by a material profile). Dr. Ian Maxwell, CEO of Redfern Polymer Optics, said "Our Polymer Microstructured Optical Fibers(tm) are the first to ever be made". Polymer Microstructured Optical Fibers(tm) have an additional two degrees of freedom compared to glass photonic crystal fibers, thus the variety of fiber cross-sections that can be produced is not restricted and the choice of available material properties is very much greater. These Polymer Microstructured Optical Fibers(tm) have many applications in the transmission of data (eg, Firewire and LAN), as fiber-optic components, in illumination applications, in medical and sensing applications, and in specialty defence applications. Redfern Polymer Optics.

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