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Specialty optical fibers for telecom, datacom, sensing, industrial and medical industries

Changing the Way You See and Use Fiber

Changing the Way You See and Use Fiber

Corning’s Specialty Fibers are used in a wide range of applications including fibers required for components in the well-established telecom and datacom markets to the fibers required in emerging markets like medical, aerospace and defense, sensing applications and beyond. We can design custom fibers to support entirely new applications where fibers will be an essential component.

Our strategy is to look at fiber — the actual glass core and cladding, and the protective coatings — in terms of a matrix where each or all can be rapidly customized at our customers direction. We can do this in terms of size, optical properties, temperature/environment resistance, bend insensitivity, operating wavelength, etc.

If you don’t see a particular fiber in our catalog that meets your needs, please contact us to discuss your unique requirements.

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Specialty Fiber Applications

Tailored Fiber for Enhanced Sensing

Tailored Fiber for Enhanced Sensing

Specialty optical fibers are ideal for sensor applications, offering immunity to EMI, wide temperature tolerance, and multiplexing capabilities. We customize fiber glass and coatings to deliver reliable, high-precision sensing tailored to each customer's specific needs.

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High Temp/Harsh Environment Fiber
Special Single-Mode Fiber

Innovative Fiber in Telecommunications

Innovative Fiber in Telecommunications

Our advanced telecommunications fibers deliver reliable, high-performance connectivity. At Corning, ongoing innovation allows us to adapt fiber properties to meet evolving network requirements, supporting higher speeds, greater capacity, and consistent performance across diverse applications.

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High-Index Fiber/Bend Insensitive
PANDA/Polarization Maintaining Fiber
Special Single-Mode Fiber

Co-packaged Optics (CPO) Optimized Fiber

Co-packaged Optics (CPO) Optimized Fiber

Our specialty fibers are designed to meet the unique requirements of copackaged optics, supporting advanced performance where space and efficiency are critical. Our single-mode and polarization maintaining design options support the optical signal integrity needed for CPO.

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Specialty Fiber for Co-packaged Optics
CPO FlexConnect Fiber

 

Introducing Corning® CPO FlexConnect™ Fiber

Introducing Corning® CPO FlexConnect™ Fiber

Enhance Performance by Reducing Multi-Path Interference in Short-Length Architectures

In the compact environments of co-packaged optics (CPO) architectures, traditional bend-resilient fibers can encounter significant multi-path interference (MPI) in lengths under 2 meters. Corning's CPO FlexConnect™ single-mode fiber is engineered to overcome these challenges.

Key Benefits:

  • Superior Bend Performance: Outperforms our SMF-28® Ultra fiber in bend resilience, ensuring optimal functionality in tight packaging conditions.
  • Reduced MPI Penalty: Specifically designed to minimize MPI in short lengths, enhancing overall system performance.
  • Optimal Coupling Compatibility: Features a 9.2 µm mode field diameter at 1310 nm to ensure seamless coupling and reduced insertion loss.

Corning CPO FlexConnect fiber is the ideal solution for optical and mechanical designers seeking to address bend and MPI challenges in short-length, co-packaged optics within the O-band.

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Our Thin Coat Capabilities

Our Thin Coat Capabilities

Corning is able to customize fibers with thinner coatings to reduce fiber cross section for data densification in co-packaged optics (CPO) and fiber volume in small form factor modules.

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Our Specialty Ribbon Capabilities