| Today in manufacturing news we feature a story from Fujikura and how they have been received an order from CERN for the world’s highest energy proton-proton collinder. For full press details please read on:
Fujikura receives order for radiation resistant optical fibre from CERN |
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Fujikura has received an order for 1.3µm-band single-mode optical fibre to be used in the LHC (Large Hadron Collider), the world’s highest energy proton-proton collider. The LHC is currently under construction at CERN (*1), the European laboratory for nuclear research. In order to improve the reliability of data collection from the LHC, this radiation resistant optical fibre employs a special design which suppresses loss and deterioration due to radiation, even in high-level radiation environments of 20 kGy/year. This single-mode fibre is also basically adapted for ITU-T (*2) G.652.B. Fujikura has made numerous improvements in fibre characteristics since 2005, with the aim of winning the order for this project, and our product was selected over products from competing companies due to its dramatically superior performance.
Fujikura also has a past delivery record of radiation resistant 12-core multi-mode optical fibres, and 8-core 850 nm single-mode optical fibres.
CERN praised our product highly: “Radiation resistant optical fibre from Fujikura makes it possible to collect data from collimator and beam cleaning zones, where radiation levels are the highest.” In order to further improve radiation resistance of our previous product, we conducted an overall review and improved the fibre structure and manufacturing method, and this helped to win the CERN order. In the ATLAS experiment using this LHC, researchers expect to discover the “Higgs boson”, a particle predicted by the Standard Model for the past 20 years. As the importance of research in this field increases, we will continue to develop products to meet customer needs. |
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