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LAZERMaster LZM-100

FEL-LZM100
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  • CO2 laser heat source
  • Automated laser beam diameter control
  • Onboard splicer menus and parameters are common to the Fujikura FSM-100 series splicer - easy to understand, navigate and operate
  • Scalable for much larger fibres

Overview

AFL's LZM-100 LAZERMaster is a glass processing and splicing system that uses a CO2 laser heat source rather than electrodes, ensuring repeatable performance and low maintenance, and eliminating electrode or filament maintenance and instability.

Splicing or adiabatic tapering (to create mode field adapters or pump combiners) can be performed with glass diameters of 2.3 mm or more. The high-resolution optical analysis system works in conjunction with on-board firmware for fully automatic splicing, tapering and other glass shaping processes.

The LAZERMaster on-board firmware is virtually identical to that of the Fujikura FSM-100 ARCMaster series splicers. The system is intuitive and very easy to operate. Operations may also be performed manually and by PC control. A SpliceLab PC control GUI is provided, pre-installed on the notebook PC that is included with the LZM-100, providing greater flexibility and finer control relative to the LAZERMaster on-board firmware. The LAZERMaster version of SpliceLab is also very similar to ARCMaster splicer series SpliceLab. Customers can create proprietary PC control algorithms using a complete set of PC control commands.

Features

Clean and stable CO2 laser as heat source

The LZM-100 uses a CO2 laser heat source to heat fibre, ensuring repeatable performance and low maintenance, and eliminating electrode or filament maintenance and instability. CO2 laser heating also eliminates any deposits on the fibre surface that might occur from use of a filament or electrodes. The very clean and deposit-free fibre surface ensures reliable operation of very high power fibre lasers or power delivery systems.

  • Cleanest and lowest maintenance heating source available
  • Class 1 laser safety enclosure with triple redundant interlock
  • Dual split laser beam from a stabilized CO2 laser to achieve uniform heating

Advanced glass processing application

An advanced, configurable system capable of producing tapers, ball lens, combiners, MFA, TEC, glass shaping, and splicing.

Laser power stabilityp

Typical CO2 lasers have an output power fluctuation of +/- 5%. This produces inconsistent splicing results and may cause irregularity and ripple in a taper profile.

The LZM-100 utilizes proprietary (patent pending) closed-loop power stabilization techniques, resulting in power stability within 0.5%. This enables highly repeatable processes.

Advanced adiabatic tapering capability

Thanks to the user-friendly tapering graphical user interface.

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Specification

FIBRE HEATING AND SPLICING METHOD CO2 Laser
LASER SAFETY FEATURES Metal cover with interlock, class 1 enclosure; Automatic actuation of safety shutter; Automatic laser power cut-off; Triple redundancy
LASER BEAM CONTROL Proprietary feedback system assures laser beam power stability; Laser beam size and shape may be customized to meet specific user requirements
TYPICAL SPLICE LOSS 0.02dB for SMF (ITU-T G.652)
TYPICAL SPLICE STRENGTH >400kpsi for SMF (ITU-T G.652) using appropriate fibre preparation equipment
CAMERA FIELD OF VIEW 2.7mm
FIBRE OBSERVATION METHODS PAS (Profile Alignment System) via transverse fibre observation; WSI (Warm Splice Image) and WTI (Warm Taper Image); End-view observation (Optional)
APPLICABLE FIBRE DIAMETER 80μm to 2300μm for automatic alignment by PAS; Larger diameter fibres may be aligned manually or by power meter feedback
V-GROOVE CLAMPING SYSTEM Infinitely variable from 80μm up to 2300μm; Clamping bare fibre or fibre coating; Patented “split V-groove” system
FIBRE HANDLING Fujikura FSM-100, FSM-45, & FSM-40 splicer fibre holders; Custom fixtures to meet specific customer requirements
ALIGNMENT METHODS PAS (Profile Alignment System, automatic alignment by camera observation); Manual; Other methods by PC control; Power meter feedback via GPIB (Optional); End-view (Optional)
X/Y ALIGNMENT RESOLUTION 0.1μm
MAXIMUM Z TRAVEL LENGTH 150mm (both left and right Z units)
Z TRAVEL RESOLUTION 0.125μm theoretical
MAXIMUM TAPER LENGTH 130mm
MAXIMUM TAPER RATIO 10:1 standard (For uniform direction, one-pass tapering); Dual direction tapering offers greatly increased taper ratios, as does tapering with more than one tapering pass.
MAXIMUM TAPER SPEED 1mm/sec standard
SPLICING CONTROL Internal firmware or operation by PC
FIBRE TAPERING & GLASS SHAPING CONTROL Internal firmware or operation by PC
PC CONTROL SpliceLab software included; Complete command set for PC control
PC OPTION A computer is required. Use of the SpliceLab software on a PC provides finer control and additional features beyond the LZM-100 internal firmware. Using another software application, the PC interface also allows for advanced maintenance functions such as the ability to confirm laser beam alignment, and align if required.
INTERFACE PORTS USB2.0 (For PC communications, data and image download, etc.); GPIB (Optional, for power meter feedback)
ELECTRICAL POWER 100 - 240V AC
ROTATION MOTORS Optional: provides theta rotational motion for PM alignment for left and right sides
PM FIBRE ALIGNMENT METHODS PAS (For PANDA and other PM fibres); IPA (Interrelation Profile Alignment, applicable to almost all PM fibres. Three distinct IPA methods available.); End-view (Optional); Power meter feedback (Requires polarizer & analyzer, as well as optional GPIB interface); Manual; Other methods by PC control
END-VIEW OBSERVATION & ALIGNMENT Optional internal end-view system