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USB 3 Optical™ cables
Corning Incorporated has launched USB
3.Optical™ cables, capable of carrying
up to 5GB of data per second at distances
up to 30m. Designed to be compatible
with most USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 devices,
Corning’s USB 3 cables can easily extend
data transmission beyond the 3m limitation
of comparable copper cable. Utilizing
Corning’s ClearCurve® VSDN® optical fiber,
the cables are up to 50 percent thinner and
up to 80 percent lighter than comparable
copper cables.
With a “zero-bend” radius, they can
withstand bending, squeezing and tangling
without damage or loss of function, making
them suitable for routing through a crowded
workspace.
“With longer, thinner, and lighter cables,
USB 3.Optical Cables by Corning give users
the freedom to max out data connection
speeds for a more enjoyable creative
workflow,” said Bernhard Deutsch, vice
president, product line management,
optical connectivity solutions for Corning
Optical Communications.
“Imagine having your computer at your
workstation and the whir of back-up hard
drives, printers, and other noisy peripherals in
an entirely different room– and still benefiting
from unbelievable transmission speeds.”
Getting spliced
Developed and manufactured by AFL
in conjunction with Fujikura Japan, AFL’s
LZM-100 LAZERMaster™ is believed to
be the first commercially available glass
processing and splicing system that uses a
CO2 laser heat source to perform splicing,
adiabatic tapering, ball lensing, and other
glass-shaping operations. The LZMpossesses
large diameter capabilities up to 2.3mm
and long taperingcapabilities up to 150mm.
With a clean, deposit-free fiber surface,
the LZM-100 provides the consistent results
that are necessary for biomedical and high
power delivery systems.
AFL also offers the ARCMaster series of
splicers. ARCMaster consists of a patent
pending “split v-groove” fiber clamping
system to accommodate optical fibers from
Photograph courtesy of Fujikura Japan