LZM-100 LAZERMaster® Laser Splicing System
Features:
- CO2 laser eliminates electrode or filament maintenance, provides extremely stable operation and greatly reduces the need for periodic calibration
- Automated laser beam diameter control to fine tune the size of the heating area
- Redundant automated laser safety features
- 2.3 mm maximum fiber diameter (larger fibers may be spliced manually)
- Scalable for much larger fibers by simple substitution of a higher power laser, if required
- Long travel / high resolution Z motion for long adiabatic tapers
- Fiber Processing Software (FPS) v2.0 provides additional measurement and lens shaping capabilities through a PC
- Onboard splicer menus and parameters are common to the Fujikura FSM-100 series splicer – easy to understand, navigate and operat
Applications:
- Extra large diameter fiber splicing for fiber laser, bio-medical, and sensor applications
- Long adiabatic fiber tapers to generate Mode Field Adapters
- Multi-fiber tapers for pump laser combiners
- Fiber lensing and other glass shaping or glass processing
- Other specialty photonic applications
- Polarization maintaining (PM) splice alignment
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 LZM-100 splicer offers exceptional versatility with its clean heat source that eliminates contamination and deposits on fiber surfaces. This advanced system is capable of producing various glass structures including tapers, ball lenses, combiners, MFAs, TECs, and custom shapes, while also enabling splices between dissimilar fiber diameters. For precise polarization maintenance, the LZM-100 provides three sophisticated alignment methods: PAS (Profile Alignment System), IPA (Interrelation Profile Alignment), and Power Meter Feedback.
The LAZERMaster features intuitive, easy-to-operate on-board firmware that's virtually identical to the Fujikura FSM-100 ARCMaster series splicers. Along with on-board control, AFL's free Fiber Processing Software (FPS) v2.0 empowers users with complete PC-based control over all LZM-125A+ splicer operations. This easy-to-use, icon-driven software provides additional features, greater flexibility, and finer control:
- Write and optimize custom splice recipes and send them directly to the splicer with a click.
- Create ball lenses, tapers, and parabolic tapers with an intuitive UI for refining parameters.
- Automatically collect real-time splicer data in the background while controlling your splicer from your computer.
- Includes a live video feed module, data zoom and navigation capabilities, interactive plots, and much more.
Elevate your fiber processing capabilities with AFL's revolutionary LZM-100 LAZERMaster system—combining precision CO2 laser technology with user-friendly controls to deliver unmatched versatility, clean splices, and sophisticated glass shaping for even the most demanding specialty fiber applications. For detailed technical specifications and performance metrics, explore the white paper links below.
White Papers