AFW Technologies

AFW Technologies Pty Ltd.
Level 1, 45 Star Crescent
Hallam, Victoria 3803
Australia

Tel.:	+613 9702 44 02
Fax:	+613 9702 48 77
Website:	www.afwtechnologies.com.au

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Products

Product	See	Alternative Suppliers having our ad package, publishing product information
Bragg gratings	S E	Exail, HBK FiberSensing, Technica Optical Components, TeraXion
Faraday circulators	S E	DK Photonics
Faraday isolators	S E	CSRayzer Optical Technology, DK Photonics, Edmund Optics, TOPTICA Photonics, Vescent Photonics
Faraday rotator mirrors	S E	CSRayzer Optical Technology, DK Photonics
Faraday rotators	S E	CSRayzer Optical Technology, DK Photonics
fiber Bragg gratings	S E	Diamond SA, DK Photonics, Exail, HBK FiberSensing, Technica Optical Components, TeraXion
fiber couplers	S E	AMS Technologies, CSRayzer Optical Technology, DK Photonics, Focuslight Technologies, G&H, TOPTICA Photonics
fiber optics	S E	AMS Technologies, art photonics, CSRayzer Optical Technology, Edmund Optics, Exail, Guiding Photonics, Le Verre Fluore, NKT Photonics, NYFORS, Schäfter + Kirchhoff
fiber patch cables	S E	AMS Technologies, art photonics, Diamond SA, Guiding Photonics, Le Verre Fluore, Schäfter + Kirchhoff, TOPTICA Photonics
fiber-optic adapters	S	AMS Technologies, Diamond SA
fiber-optic attenuators	S E	AMS Technologies, DK Photonics, Schäfter + Kirchhoff
fiber-optic polarizers	S	DK Photonics, Exail
fiber-optic pump combiners	S E	CSRayzer Optical Technology, DK Photonics, G&H
fibers	S E	AMS Technologies, Cycle, Exail, Le Verre Fluore, NKT Photonics, TOPTICA Photonics
optical attenuators	S E	EKSMA OPTICS, Gentec Electro-Optics, LASEROPTIK, Optogama
optical delay lines	S E	APE, Fastlite, G&H, Thorlabs, UltraFast Innovations
optical filters	S E	Artifex Engineering, Avantier, Ecoptik, Edmund Optics, EKSMA OPTICS, Exail, IRD Glass, Knight Optical, Laserton, Leukos, OPTOMAN, Shalom EO, Shanghai Optics, Sinoptix, Technica Optical Components, TeraXion, UltraFast Innovations, UM Optics, Universe Kogaku, Vortex Optical Coatings
polarizers	S E	ALPHALAS, Artifex Engineering, Avantier, EKSMA OPTICS, Knight Optical, LASEROPTIK, OPTOMAN, Perkins Precision Developments, Shalom EO, Shanghai Optics
variable optical attenuators	S E	AeroDIODE, AMS Technologies, Edmund Optics, EKSMA OPTICS, LASEROPTIK, Quantifi Photonics
wavelength division multiplexing devices	S E	AMS Technologies, CSRayzer Optical Technology, DK Photonics, Technica Optical Components

Column "To": S = list of suppliers for that product, E = encyclopedia article.

Third column: alternative suppliers are suppliers also offering such products while having an ad package. On their own company profile pages, the right column of the table contains their product descriptions instead of alternative suppliers.

Trouble with Specifications

Specifications for lasers and other photonics products are essential for the process of buying such things. Nevertheless, many do not properly deal with them:

Many product specifications by suppliers lack quality – they are incomplete, not sufficiently clear, etc.
Buyers are often not aware of what they really need. For example, they forget essential requirements.

Various problems can arise:

Due to a lack of clarity, tedious communications between supplier and buyer are required.
Product specifications raise expectations which cannot be met.
Conflicts can arise over such issues.

Our Photonics Spotlight article and our encyclopedia article on laser specifications give you important hints. In case of doubt, contact RP Photonics to get competent and impartial advice.