AMS Technologies

AMS Techno­logies offers a broad selection of aspheric optics for applications in the visible (VIS) and infrared (IR) wavebands such as collimation, focusing and coupling of fibers and lasers:

• precision molded-glass aspheric lenses at an affordable price while maintaining highest quality
• precision molded-glass infrared aspheric lenses
• aspheric lens assemblies, standard or customized
• thermal imaging lens assemblies
• customization and design of new aspheric lenses

Off-the-shelf optics doesn’t match your project’s requirements, and you are looking for a customized solution? Together with our suppliers, the optics experts at AMS Techno­logies are happy to enable design and production of custom optics exactly tailored to your specifications. Our capabilities range from custom spherical or cylindrical optical lenses, prisms and beamsplitters, to optical windows, filters, mirrors, and custom freeform optics. Contact us now to discuss your customized optics solution in detail!

For highest resolution, our portfolio of high-performance etalons features very high-quality, flat and level surfaces with low roughness and extreme parallelism:

• solid etalons made from a wide variety of materials such as fused silica, germanium, silicon, zinc selenide, or YAG
• broadband metallic coated solid fused silica metalons can make a difference for wavelength monitoring
• fixed or tunable air spaced etalons
• VIPA etalons (Virtually Imaged Phase Arrays)
• customized etalons that exactly meet your specific requirements

For both C- and L-band operation, AMS Techno­logies provides a selection of CW and pulsed erbium-(Er-)doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) as well as Yb/Er co-doped fiber amplifiers (YEDFAs) in a wide range of configurations and gains:

• 20 and 15 dB miniature size EDFA modules
• high-speed, pulsed EDFA modules, SM and PM
• single- or multi-port high-power YEDFA modules
• PM YEDFA modules
• 19”, 1U EDFA racks, also PM
• 19”, 1U YEDFA racks, also PM
• 19”, 2U multiport high-power EDFA racks

AMS Techno­logies offers a broad portfolio of multi-fiber bundles, available with the widest range of numerical apertures, custom and standard end-fittings/connectors and outer jackets to tailor a product exactly to your technical and economic requisites:

• bundled fiber assemblies
• V-grooves and two-dimensional fiber arrays with up to thousands of fibers
• high-temperature assemblies with metal-coated fibers
• optional anti-reflective technologies
• custom fiber bundles upon your specification

Our broad port­folio of fiber optic cleaning tools and consumables helps to reliably remove even the smallest contamination from an optical fiber connector’s end that would otherwise significantly reduce the overall quality of the connection.

Cost-effective cleaning tools based on special microfiber tissue are available in various types:

• pen cleaners for cleaning of optical connector plugs and adaptors with one push, ideal for the narrow spaces of optical connector ports
• reel cleaners with replaceable cleaning tape for different connector types
• stick cleaners for adapter ferrule end faces
• card cleaners with very compact design for single core connectors
• pipe cleaners for easily cleaning the lateral surface of ferrules

Our non-contact pen system cleans end faces with a high-flow-rate jet across the fiber’s surface.

Our very broad line of fiber/receptacle collimators allows coupling light into and out of optical fibers:

• pigtail- or receptacle-style collimators and focusers with low back reflection and diffraction-limited lenses
• pigtail-style collimators with a very small form factor
• pigtail-style collimators for PM fibers and 630–1550 nm
• pigtail-style collimators for SM or PM fibers and 450–2000 nm
• receptacle-style collimators and corresponding screw-on focusers with BK-7 or silica lenses in ruggedized aluminium packages
• receptacle-style collimators with aspheric lenses pre-aligned for use with fiber patch cords, producing 0.7–4.2 mm beam diameters for 405–1550 nm

AMS Techno­logies carries a broad range of optical fiber connector kits for single mode (SM), multi mode (MM) and polarization maintaining (PM) optical fibers:

• Kits with the most popular optical connector types FC/PC, FC/APC and SMA905 come with a wide variety of bore sizes for different claddings.
• We also stock various kits for connector types like LC/PC, LC/APC, SC/PC, SC/APC, or ST/PC. Our fiber connector kits are available from stock with a crimp and boot set for Ø3.0 mm tubing. Alternative crimps and boots suitable for Ø2.0 mm or Ø0.9 mm tubing are also available. If you should not identify a fiber connector kit available from stock that meets your requirements, please contact AMS Techno­logies to discuss your custom optical fiber connector kit and receive a quote.

AMS Techno­logies provides a broad variety of fiber couplers for single mode (SM), multi mode (MM) and polarization maintaining (PM) fibers for various applications:

• SM couplers & combiners, also in low-loss fused fiber technology
• module-style SM couplers & combiners in small or 19-inch-cases
• fused MM couplers & combiners
• Fused bidirectional MM fiber optic star couplers
• PM couplers & combiners with customizable coupling ratio and/or wavelength
• fused PM couplers & combiners
• PM couplers based on bow-tie fibers
• high-power MM N×1 pump combiners for high-power fiber laser applications
• MM power combiners, also with signal feedthrough
• high temperature couplers for up to +250 °C
• sub-zero PM couplers operating from −55 °C
• fused dual-clad fiber (FDCF) couplers

Particles con­tami­nating the end face of optical fibers are typically only 2 to 20 µm in size, but substantially degrade the performance. Inspecting a fiber connection with a microscope that illuminates and magnifies the fiber tip is the only way to ensure that this connection is free of contamination and defects. Our extensive range of fiber optic microscopes for every application and budget provides intuitive and reliable inspection solutions for certification of new installations or troubleshooting of existing networks, avoiding subjective evaluations and estimates:

• hand-held analog or digital microscopes as companions for technicians in the field
• digital benchtop fiber inspection microscopes featuring automated fiber analysis software
• accessories for microscopes like various fiber inspection tips and adapters

AMS Techno­logies provides an exceptionally large portfolio of fibers and fiber optics, ranging from optical fibers, patch cables, fiber bundles and assemblies to a broad variety of fiber components:

• optical fibers – SM, MM, PM, plastic optical and doped fibers, including specialty fibers
• SM, MM, PM patch cables
• multi-fiber bundles and high-temperature assemblies
• V-grooves and two-dimensional fiber arrays
• fiber connector kits and parts, mating sleeves and adapters, fiber feedthroughs
• fiber optomechanics, receptacle collimators and focusers
• fiber WDMs, combiners, splitters, couplers, delay lines, isolators, amplifiers, circulators
• fiber optic switches, polarization controllers, attenuators

AMS Techno­logies carries a broad portfolio of fiber patch cables, manufactured according to Telcordia GR-326-CORE, with a long list of different connectors, connector finishes, coatings and fibers:

• standard single mode (SM), multi mode (MM) and polarization maintaining (PM) patch cables with FC, SC, ST, LC, MU, SMA905 as well as MTP and MPO or other types of fiber connectors
• SM, MM and PM patch cables for high-power applications
• fixed attenuating SM or MM fiber patch cables
• hermetically sealable SM, MM and PM patch cables with glass or metal solder

Beyond standard fiber, our patch cables can also be manufactured using your custom fiber for special projects. And we are happy to provide you with an end-to-end patch cable solution manufactured exactly to your requirements and specifications.

We offer both fiber optics polishing films with different polishing materials in various grit sizes as well as all the fiber optics polishing equipment required for manual or highly automated polishing:

• coarse-grain polishing films for grinding and glue removal
• special films for producing spherical geometry
• films for fine polishing of the surface
• very fine-grain films for final polishing
• films for batch processing in a single cycle
• hand polish pads and glass polish plates
• metal hand polishing discs with low tolerance and high durability
• single-position polishing machines for lab or field use
• fully automated polishing solutions with integrated inspection for high-volume production that can accommodate 4, 8, 12, 24 or even 96 connectors
• fiber stub removal equipment

AMS Techno­logies provides fiber-coupled diode lasers in various formats, ranging from single laser diodes to modules to complete diode laser systems:

• uncooled or TEC-cooled 980 nm pump laser diodes in various packages
• single mode laser diodes pigtailed with a Bragg grating fiber
• compact laser diode (LD) modules
• single emitter LD modules with special micro optics
• ultra-stable LD modules
• multiple LD Modules like dual- and triple-wavelength combiners, multi-wavelength modules, multi-single emitter modules or modules based on laser diode bars
• handheld, benchtop or desktop diode laser sources, also polarized
• high-power diode laser systems
• customized fiber-coupled diode laser solutions with custom wavelengths, mounting/housings and tailored for specific applications

Our wide range of mating sleeves and adapters allow reliable connection of optical fiber cables terminated with FC/PC, FC/APC, ST/PC, SC/PC, SC/APC, LC/PC, LC/APC or SMA905 optical connectors. Most of our adapters available from stock provide female connectors of the same type on both sides, but we also offer hybrid solutions for mating different connector types as well as hybrid female to male connector patchcords.

Beyond adapters for single connectors, we also provide duplex and even quad types as well as adapters for connecting bare fibers to fiber connectors. Our bulkhead receptacles can be used to connect fiber cables to an opening to project light from an optical fiber into free space.

AMS Techno­logies carries a broad range of fiber-optic attenuators providing fixed or variable attenuation. Variable attenuators (VOAs) are available for manual operation as well as driven by stepper motors, MEMS mirrors or shutters, or based on liquid crystals:

• low-cost fixed attenuators
• compact fused fixed attenuators
• expanded beam style fixed attenuators
• manually operated, PCB mountable, blocking VOAs
• manual VOAs with neutral density filter for MM
• manual VOAs, reflection mode
• motor driven VOAs
• MEMS-based VOAs, coaxial-style, miniature or ultra-small
• single or dual MEMS-based VOAs, reflection or transmission mode
• MEMS-based VOA arrays, 4 to 40 channels
• micromechanical shutter VOAs

Our large port­folio of optical fibers spans from just a few meters of highly engineered fiber to several kilometers of SMF-28 compatible material:

• single mode (SM) fibers
• multi mode (MM) fibers
• polarization maintaining (PM) fibers
• doped Fibers
• plastic optical fibers (POF)
• other optical fibers like large-core MM fibers, photonic crystal fibers (PCF) or photonic bandgap fibers

Cover your specific requirements with features like:

• extended temperature range
• high core index of refraction
• different numerical aperture
• bend insensitivity
• variations of cladding diameters
• different coating options ranging from acrylate to aluminium or gold for very high temperatures

Our suppliers have all the capabilities to design and fabricate a custom optical fiber exactly tailored to your specifications.

AMS Techno­logies offers a series of general-purpose integrating spheres with 3 or 4 ports. Out of a broad range of models, choose your sphere by selecting size, ports, and reflectance material/coatings. Three durable and highly stable coating options combine a highly reflective surface with nearly perfect Lambertian reflectance.

Interchangeable accessories like light sources, assemblies or port reducers allow for an endless number of application-specific solutions:

• sturdy port frames
• easy-access mounting options
• quick-change accessory options
• dedicated calibration software
• starter kits available, conveniently packaged with the most common port accessories, adapters, and integrating sphere mounting components

Beyond test pass or fail information, our range of digital automated interferometers for single- and multi-fiber connectors produce detailed geometry reports:

• interferometers for measuring single-fiber connectors, from a cost effective solution for high-volume measurement to robust and compact interferometers for production, to the ultimate production solution for measuring end-face geometry
• highly advanced interferometers for measuring fiber end faces
• interferometers for MT-12 or MT-16 multi-fiber connectors, including cost-effective devices and the industry reference for MT product measurements, also available with integrated microscope and “floating pastille” fixture
• fiber-pigtailed Mach–Zehnder free space interferometers
• Michelson and Mach–Zehnder fiber interferometers

AMS Techno­logies is a leading supplier of laser cooling solutions providing precise temperature control, quiet operation, high stability and a broad range of cooling capacities. Choose your laser cooling unit from our portfolio of thermoelectric (TEC)- or compressor-based recirculating chillers and direct cooling systems:

• compact TEC-based chillers – 160 W cooling capacity
• stand-alone TEC-based chillers – 200–500 W
• stand-alone compressor-based chillers – 400 W to 11 kW or 18 kW, also extreme high-temperature and high-capacity systems
• rack-mount TEC-based chillers – 315 W to 1 kW
• rack-mount compressor-based chillers – 200 W to 3.5 kW
• waterless 130 W TEC-based plate-to-air cooling unit
• compressor-based mini recirculating chiller
• custom laser cooling solutions – contact us for details

AMS Techno­logies’ range of laser diode drivers addresses the requirements for low-, medium- and high-power laser diodes, whether driving single laser diodes, laser diode arrays or complete diode laser modules:

• laser diode drivers/controllers for PCB, chassis or benchtop mount
• driving LD currents from a few watts up to kW ranges at a maximum of 250 A
• LD drivers with a temperature controller for Peltier (TEC) modules included
• module-type low-noise laser diode drivers, providing up to 15 A
• module type devices combining LD driver and thermoelectric (TEC) temperature controller on one small board
• instrument-type laser diode and TEC temperature controllers
• drivers for quantum cascade lasers (QCL)

Together with our suppliers, we can create a customized laser driver solution tailored to your requirements.

AMS Techno­logies is a leading supplier of laser diode modules for a wide variety of wavelengths and optical output powers:

• fiber pigtailed laser diode (LD) modules
• fiber-coupled single emitter LD modules
• compact fiber-coupled LD modules, built-in LD driver electronics and TEC cooler
• free space LD modules in miniature and larger form factor, built-in LD driver and TEC cooler
• ultra-stable LD modules, fiber-coupled or free space
• dual- and triple-wavelength combiners, also with visible RGB wavelengths
• fiber optic multi-wavelength LD modules with two or up to four temperature-controlled LDs
• fiber-coupled multi-single emitter LD modules
• fiber-coupled LD modules with single/multiple LD bars and output power ranges of ≤40 W, 25–120 W or 40–350 W

AMS Techno­logies offers a wide range of optical lenses manufactured from high-quality optical glass, but also crystals and other optical materials:

• spherical lenses in various sizes and shapes (plano-convex,plano-concave, bi-convex, bi-concave, meniscus), uncoated or AR-coated, for UV, visible and IR light
• precision molded-glass aspheric lenses with exceptional price/performance ratio, for visible and IR wavebands, as standard models – also in standard design assemblies – or as infrared aspheric lenses, also as thermal imaging lens assemblies
• cylindrical lenses, plano-convex, plano-concave or rod-style, dimensions from 2 to 250 mm, plus doublets and triplets
• customized optical lenses exactly matching your requirements are available on request

Our broad range of optical mounts is designed for demanding applications and offers exceptional performance with flexible options. Precision-rolled 100 TPI adjustment screws with hardened (steel or carbide) balls running on hardened pads or rods guarantee excellent resolution and manual feel as well as stable movement:

• aluminium, nickel-plated steel or stainless steel mirror mounts with flexure or kinematic mechanisms for 2 or 3 axes
• front- or side-, but also top-adjusted or vertical kinematic mechanism mirror mounts
• optic clips for secure mounting of round optics
• monolithic flexures provide ultimate stability
• industrial-grade kinematic mechanism mounts for 2- or 3-axis adjustment
• accessories like mounting blocks, angle brackets or adapters
• XY, XYZ and 5-axis optical translators
• gimbal mounts

Our broad range of state-of-the-art optical adhesives is used for fast, high-precision bonding of optical components, where the adhesive is index-matched to the used components and provides excellent light transmission over a wide spectral range:

• UV-curing optical adhesives, setting in seconds and available in syringes or bottles
• kits with the most frequently used adhesives for various refractive indices
• heat-curing epoxy adhesives for high-temperature applications
• special glues for optical waveguides, or assembling fiber arrays
• high-precision variants
• adhesives with low or high refractive index
• resins for nano imprint lithography
• sealants for optical parts, suitable for openings and junctions of protective casings

Contact us for customized optical adhesives to meet your special requirements.

AMS Techno­logies carries a broad range of MEMS-based fiber optic switches in miniature, small or larger module, benchtop and rackmount form factors. Latching or non-latching optical MEMS fiber optic switches are available with single mode (SM), multi mode (MM) or polarization maintaining (PM) fibers, suitable for wavelengths from 600 nm to 1600 nm.

Customers can choose among various port configurations from 1×1 up to 32 inputs and 32 outputs. Our MEMS-based fiber optic switches’ extremely high reliability matches with demanding applications like telecom, datacom, sensor networks, instruments or test and measurement.

AMS Techno­logies carries an exceptionally broad range of photodiodes (PDs), based on various materials, cooled or uncooled, featuring single devices as well as photodiode arrays or assemblies:

• silicon photodiodes: general-purpose PDs, APDs, high-speed, fast-response or wavelength-enhanced sensitivity variants, duo- and tetra-lateral devices, multi-element PDs and arrays, PD assemblies with filters, TIAs or multiple (sandwich) PDs
• InGaAs photodiodes: general-purpose PDs, PIN, APDs, large active area, segmented or back-illuminated, PD arrays,PD assemblies including PD-amplifier hybrids, mini-DIL optical receivers or pigtails
• GaAs photodiode arrays, GaAs PD/amplifier hybrids
• devices based on HgCdTe, PbS or PbSe
• PD chips based on Si, InGaAs, GaP and AlGaAs

AMS Techno­logies carries a broad variety of both digital and analog pyroelectric IR detectors (PIR), in single-, dual and quad element configurations, ideal for motion detection or gas detection in many application areas:

• single-element PIRs in TO-5 metal housing, analog or digital, single- or dual-channel, thermally compensated, for gas detection
• dual-element PIRs in TO-5, low-profile TO-39, or LCC SMD housings, analog or digital, for horizontal-mount motion detection devices, also over long distances
• four-element PIRs in TO-5 metal housing, analog or digital, single or dual output, for ceiling-mount short-, mid- and long-distance motion detection devices
• low-power digital dual- and four-element PIRs in TO-5 or LCC SMD housings, for battery-operated short-, mid- and long-distance motion detection

Our port­folio of diode-pumped solid state (DPSS) lasers with wavelengths from 213 to 1960 nm includes CW and pulsed systems, frequency-doubled (532 nm) or frequency-tripled (355 nm) models, and Q-switched DPSS lasers:

• actively Q-switched DPSS lasers, short-pulse output, single shot to >50 kHz, very low jitter
• DPSS lasers emitting very short laser pulses, 4 VIS wavelengths pulse-to-pulse switchable for multispectral photoacoustic imaging
• ultra-compact sub-nanosecond lasers
• high-output-power sealed sub-nanosecond lasers
• high-performance triggered and narrow-linewidth sub-nanosecond lasers
• high-peak-power, “hundreds of ps pulse” lasers
• very-high-output-power amplified lasers with down to 100 ps pulses
• very-high-peak and output power, “hundreds of ps pulse” amplified lasers
• customized DPSS laser systems, tailored to your requirements

AMS Techno­logies carries a broad portfolio of specialty optical fibers, ranging from high-performance metalized fibers, coated with aluminium or gold to work reliably even at extreme temperatures and withstand harsh environmental conditions, to a wide range of doped optical fibers whose fiber cores are doped with laser-active ions, mostly of rare-earth materials, all the way to highly sophisticated photonic crystal fibers (PCF), used to create a supercontinuum based on quantum optical effects. Our suppliers have all the capabilities to design and fabricate a broad variety of specialty optical fiber structures according to customer orders – contact us to discuss your specialty fiber solution, custom made to cover your project’s requirements.

Our exten­sive range of spectroscopic instruments includes spectrometers and spectrographs as well as spectrographic cameras:

• sub-pm resolution, etalon-based spectrometers, also as dedicated Brillouin system
• large aperture, wide FoV slit-less spectrometers
• compact etalon spectrometers
• NIR spectrometers with InGaAs cameras or linear array detectors
• compact CCD spectrometers, also multi-channel
• compact CMOS or InGaAs sensor array spectrometers
• high-performance CMOS/CCD linear detector spectrometers
• cooled CCD array detector spectrometers
• custom spectrometer solutions

AMS Techno­logies provides an exceptionally broad and comprehensive range of thermoelectric coolers (TECs) or Peltier modules:

• square TECs from 11.5 × 11.5 to 62 × 62 mm – also with center hole
• rectangular TECs from 15 × 30 to 25 × 50 mm
• round TECs with center hole
• thickness 1.72 to 8.8 mm
• hot/cold side ΔT_max 68 to 83 K
• max. cooling capacity (Q_max) 4.6 to 229 W
• TECs for industrial applications
• TECs for consumer devices
• multistage TECs with 140 K ΔT_max and 95 W Q_max
• very small TECs, single- or multistage, from really tiny 1.2 × 1.8 mm
• micro TECs for direct cooling of TO-, DIL- or Butterfly optoelectronics
• TE generating modules (TGMs) for harvesting up to several watts DC from a 100 K ΔT
• customized TECs – contact us

AMS Techno­logies carries a broad range of variable fiber-optic attenuators (VOAs), for manual operation as well as driven by stepper motors, MEMS mirrors or shutters, or based on liquid crystals:

• manually operated, PCB mountable, blocking VOAs
• manual VOAs with neutral density filter for MM
• manual VOAs, reflection mode
• motor driven VOAs
• MEMS-based VOAs, coaxial-style, miniature or ultra-small
• single or dual MEMS-based VOAs, reflection or transmission mode
• MEMS-based VOA arrays, 4 to 40 channels
• micromechanical shutter VOAs

AMS Techno­logies carries a wide range of single mode (SM), multi mode (MM) and polarization maintaining (PM) WDMs in component or module form factors:

• component-style SM WDMs, including “source to fiber”, miniature-size, low-loss fused fiber or SM WDMs widely used in EDFAs
• multi mode (MM) WDMs for 850/1310 nm or covering a wavelength range from 400 to 1600 nm, including visible wavelength (RGB) versions
• fused polarization maintaining (PM) WDMs, available in pigtail, miniature and free-space to fiber styles and including devices with built-in filters