Buying Fluoride Fibers
Fluoride fibers are optical fibers based on fluoride glasses, such as fluoroaluminate or fluorozirconate glasses. Their unique property is the transmission of mid-infrared light, making them suitable for spectroscopy and certain fiber lasers and amplifiers. ZBLAN is a common type of fluoride glass used in these fibers.
Making Good Purchase Decisions
RP Photonics helps to not only to find all relevant suppliers, but also to make good purchase decisions:
Learning Resources
With its comprehensive resources, RP Photonics helps you to well prepare purchase decisions:
- Encyclopedia article: fluoride fibers
- Related article: mid-infrared fibers
- Tutorial: "Passive Fiber Optics"
Aspects to Consider Before Buying
Some aspects to consider before buying fluoride fibers: wavelength range, spectral dependence of transmission loss, mode structure, allowed bend radius, compatibility with systems, thermal stability, sensitivity to moisture.
For responsible purchase decisions, we recommend applying good practices.
Find Suppliers for Fluoride Fibers
4 suppliers for fluoride fibers are listed in the RP Photonics Buyer's Guide, out of which 3 present their product descriptions. Both manufacturers and distributors can be registered.
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 43 Sparta Avenue Newton, NJ 07860 United States See us at SPIE Photonics West 2025 in San Francisco, January 25–30 (booth 627, 827)! |  Thorlabs has extensive, vertically integrated fluoride fiber manufacturing capabilities, including draw towers and splicing expertise. These capabilities are utilized to produce our PDFA Series of Praseodymium-doped fiber amplifiers as well as our SC4500 mid-IR supercontinuum laser system. |
 Leader in fluoride glass and optical fiber technology Le Verre FluoréRue Gabriel Voisin Campus de Ker Lann 35170 Bruz, Brittany France See us at SPIE Photonics West 2025 in San Francisco, January 25–30 (booth 2066)! |  LVF offers the largest range of fluoride fibers in the world, including passive fibers and active fibers for applications ranging from the visible to the mid-infrared.
LVF fluoride fibers are the most transparent fibers on the market in the mid-infrared 2–5 µm band. |
 Broad spectra fiber solutions art photonics GmbHRudower Chaussee 46 12489 Berlin Germany See us at SPIE Photonics West 2025 in San Francisco, January 25–30 (booth 1740)! |  art photonics offers indium and zirconium fluoride glass fibers for transmission of infrared light. There are many single-mode and multimode versions, covering e.g. a wide range of core diameters from 7.5 μm to 680 μm. Fiber cables with fluoride fibers are also available. |
| Other Suppliers | |
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| FiberLabs Inc. Japan | |
