UMFIBER
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UM Fiber Pilot Links
Purchasing Notes
Specialty Fiber
- JDM rejected SM fiber due to polarization mode dispersion problems for kilometric lengths
- JDM concluded we need polarization-maintaining (PM) fiber
- Two kinds of fiber we are considering
1. Corning Panda PM 1550 2. Corning Panda PM dispersion-shifted 1550
Composite Cable Company
- will include copper wires in a protected cable, along with the specialty fiber
- occfiber.com is currently best bet at $5/meter
Polarization Optics for Visible and H band Tests
- Analyzer / Polarization Beamsplitter Cubes (need 3).
Melles Griot 255 BS cube works from visible to NIR (400-2000nm) for $581 each. Plus BS cage and rotary mount.
- Quarter-wave plates are not made so broad band.
Will need to buy 2 each for both RED (630nm range and 1550nm telecom laser range for tests)
- IR sensitive photodiode for coating tests and initial laser fringes
probably thorlab GaAs