Mir Photonics’ Aluminum Coated Silica Fibers stand as the premier choice for applications that demand exceptional reliability under high temperatures, high vacuum, and other extreme environmental conditions. Designed for use where conventional polymer-coated fibers fail, these fibers deliver stable optical performance even in harsh industrial, scientific, and aerospace environments. Their aluminum coating enables efficient thermal management while ensuring long-term durability in applications exposed to heat, radiation, or aggressive sterilization processes.

These aluminum-coated fibers retain all the inherent benefits of standard silica-silica fibers, including excellent optical clarity, low attenuation, and chemical inertness. At the same time, the metallic coating significantly enhances mechanical strength and fatigue resistance, offering superior protection against micro-bending, vibration, and repeated mechanical stress. Compared to polymer-coated alternatives, aluminum-coated fibers exhibit far greater longevity and structural stability, making them ideal for demanding installations where maintenance or replacement is difficult or costly.

With a broad optical transmission range from 220 to 2400 nm, these fibers support a wide variety of applications, depending on whether UV or NIR silica fiber cores are selected. This versatility makes them suitable for spectroscopy, sensing, medical, and industrial laser systems. Remarkably, they maintain consistent performance across an extreme temperature range from cryogenic conditions as low as –270°C up to continuous operation at 450°C. In addition, they tolerate humidity levels up to 100%, ensuring reliable operation in both vacuum environments and moisture-rich settings without degradation of optical or mechanical properties.