High Power Shutters and Safety Interlocks

In response to increasing demand for high power handling fibre optic components, OZ Optics has developed a series of fibre optic shutters and connectors that incorporate smart sensors for safety interlocks. These shutter systems can be incorporated in OZ Optics' line of high power handling components, including freespace-to-fibre and fibre-to-fibre coupling situations. For extreme power handing capabilities the shutters can also incorporate additional beam dumps and/or heat sinks to safely absorb the blocked laser power.Features

• Multiple Watt CW power handling
• Shutter speeds of < 5 msec
• Controlled via a 5 Volt TTL Signal
• Available with temperature and connector proximity sensors for safety interlocks
• Compatible with SMA 905 and FC connectors, including high power air gap style connectors
• Available in laser-to-fibre and fibre-to-fibre versions
• Fibre connector and receptacles with safety sensor/interlocks available
• Proximity sensor uses inexpensive, simple concept
• Easily adapted to existing fibre optic product lines
• Suitable for custom design into customer's fibre optic products

Applications

• All situations involving laser beams, including high power laser beams coupled into single mode or multi-mode fibres
• Any laser facility requiring compliance to regulatory laser safety standards
• High power Industrial laser applications - Laser marking, cutting, welding
• Lasers used in medical applications - laser scalpel, eye surgery, tattoo removal
• High power laser physics
• High power spectroscopy
• OEM laser systems

For more information on High Power Shutters and Safety Interlocks talk to BBN International Ltd