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19 October 2023
Castor Optics expands its Wideband Multimode Circulator series with the WMC4H1
Montreal, Canada—Castor Optics, in collaboration with its strategic partner Thorlabs, just launched the latest product in its Wideband Multimode Circulator family: the WMC4H1. WMCs are three-port devices featuring high-efficiency multimode transfer and transmission. This versatile component allows for efficient and robust multimode illumination and collection through a single fiber probe. Castor Optics designed this multimode circulator by exploiting the intrinsic propagation properties of asymmetrical couplers. The WMC series enables an enhanced detection sensitivity for biomedical imaging, defense & security, communication, or quantum and industrial sensing applications.
This new addition to the WMC series will enable users to reach new potentials. Based on a 400 μm core fiber, this new product increases the sensitivity of isotropic modalities such as fluorescence sensing or spectroscopy. It also opens the door to new applications in neuroscience with increased demands for fiber-based photometry and optogenetics systems.
When asked to comment about this novel technology, Castor’s Co-Founder and WMC co-inventor Nicolas Godbout said: "The Wideband Multimode Circulators allow to efficiently illuminate and probe the light on a sample surface. They seemingly break the reciprocity law of optics by exploiting the properties of multimode light propagation. At Castor, we don't break the laws of physics, but we know how to bend them!"
For more details and specs: https://www.thorlabs.com/newgrouppage9.cfm?objectgroup_id=13883 .
About Castor Optics:
Castor Optics is a global leader in fiber optics components, providing multimode circulators, double-clad fiber couplers, modules, and custom-made solutions. With a strong commitment to innovation, Castor Optics continually strives to revolutionize the fiber optics landscape by delivering cutting-edge solutions that meet the evolving needs of its customers in multiple industries, including biomedical, communications, sensing, and imaging.
Testament to the talent of its team of engineers and researchers in advancing the field of fiber optics, Castor was awarded the Innovation Award in the category Sensors, test and measurement / Optical Measuring Systems / Imaging for the 2-mode Selective Photonic Lantern at the Laser World of Photonics 2023.
Led by Engineering Physics Professors Caroline Boudoux and Nicolas Godbout and a team of fiber optics experts, engineers, and scientists, Castor thrives on daily research and development endeavors, always aiming for innovation.
Furthermore, its commitment to excellence has fostered a collaborative approach with customers, developing multiple new products and creating a system design consulting division.
For more information, please visit castoroptics.com.
Castor Optics Inc.,
361 Montpellier Blvd
Saint-Laurent, QC Canada
H4N 2G6
+514-447-4866
Kathy Beaudette
Kbeaudette@castoroptics.com
