Specialty (custom) optical fiber

Why choose RISE Fiberlab?

• Proven experience with demanding customers in defense, aerospace, energy, medical, and industrial sensing.
• Flexible, cost-efficient collaboration — from one-off samples to hundreds of kilometers.
• State-of-the-art fiber drawing facilities and ISO-9001 certification.
• Realistic delivery times.
• Support from a team of experts on custom optical fibers and fiber sensing — both scientific and industrial. 

We help you develop the fiber you need — not just what’s available off the shelf.

• Our specialty optical fiber-page lists some examples if our fibers.  

Our Facility and resources

All resources in Fiber Optics at RISE are made available when needed. These resources include:

• Three 17m high draw towers
  • Processes for silica-based glasses and preforms
  • Fiber diameters range from 25µm to several mm
• Processes for a range of coatings, including
  • High temperature polyimide
  • Acrylate (standard telecom acrylate, low index, hard clad silica, mid/high temperature acrylate)
  • Silicone
  • Ormocer
  • Hermetic carbon
  • Specialty coating materials
• Processes for extruded buffers, including
  • Nylon
  • PFA
  • PTFE
  • PEEK
  • Hytrel
  • Specialty buffer materials
• Preform design and specification
• Optical characterization of preforms and optical fibers
• Material analysis resources, including scanning electron microscope (SEM)
• Tensile strength tests and proof test of fiber
• Access to labs for reliability tests
• Glass workshops and mechanical workshops

How do we work?

• Design and material selection
  Collaborative development of glass types, cladding structures, coatings, and buffers — with guidance on what’s technically feasible and robust.
• Preform processing and fiber drawing
  Three ISO 9001-certified, 17m tall, draw towers allow for precision prototyping, fast iterations, and full documentation.
• Coating and post-processing
  We apply high-performance coatings in-house and support additional extruded buffer coatings where needed.
• Testing and documentation
  Full traceability, test reports, and fiber characterization data — ready for your internal approval or customer documentation.
• Pilot and small-series production
  Once proven, we scale your fiber up to volume deliveries ideal — for sensor and OEM applications.