Optical Communication

Service Overview

OEMach has many years of expertise in the field of optical communication parts machining, focusing on the manufacturing of high-precision, high-quality components. We offer machining services for optical communication parts, covering key components such as fiber optic adapters, optical module housings, and optical communication connectors. With advanced processing equipment and strict quality control, we ensure the precision and reliability of every component. OEMach is dedicated to providing comprehensive machining solutions for the optical communication industry, helping clients advance in the field of optical communications and promoting technological progress within the industry.

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Material Process

Appropriate optical materials are selected based on different application requirements, such as quartz glass, calcium fluoride, and germanium. Subsequent processes include cutting, grinding, and polishing, which gradually shape the component and enhance surface quality. Next, coating processes are applied to deposit functional thin films on the component surfaces, such as antireflection coatings, reflective coatings, and optical filter coatings. Some complex optical communication components also require micro- and nanostructure processing, utilizing technologies such as photolithography and electron beam exposure to create micro- and nanostructures with special optical effects, enabling unique manipulation of optical signals.

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Processing Materials

Processing materials include quartz glass, calcium fluoride, germanium, optical crystal materials, etc

Quartz Glass

Quartz glass features a low coefficient of thermal expansion, high chemical stability, and excellent optical homogeneity, providing superior light transmission from the ultraviolet to the infrared spectrum. It is widely used in the manufacturing of optical communication components such as optical fiber preforms, optical isolators, and optical attenuators, serving as a fundamental material for fiber optic production.

Calcium Fluoride (CaF₂)

Calcium fluoride offers outstanding light transmission in the infrared spectrum, with uniform refractive index and moderate hardness. It is commonly used in the fabrication of lenses, prisms, and window elements for infrared optical communication systems, including infrared transmission assemblies in satellite communications.

Germanium (Ge)

Germanium is a crucial infrared optical material, with a low absorption coefficient for infrared light and excellent transmission in the mid-infrared range. It is frequently used in the production of components such as infrared detectors and infrared emission and reception lenses, and finds broad application in long-distance infrared optical communication and military optical communication fields.

Optical Crystal Materials

Materials such as lithium niobate (LiNbO₃) possess properties like the electro-optic effect and nonlinear optical effects, making them suitable for manufacturing key optical communication devices such as optical modulators and optical switches. These materials enable rapid modulation and switching of optical signals in high-speed optical communication systems.

Application Fields

The application areas include: fiber optic communication systems, optical network equipment, data center optical interconnection, 5G communication base stations, etc

Optical Fiber Communication Systems: This includes the machining of parts such as optical fibers, fiber optic connectors, optical couplers, and optical attenuators. As the core medium for optical signal transmission, the manufacturing precision of optical fibers directly affects the transmission distance and quality of optical signals. Fiber optic connectors enable fast, low-loss connections between optical fibers and are indispensable components in fiber optic communication networks.

Optical Network Equipment: This involves the machining of components for devices such as wavelength division multiplexers, optical add-drop multiplexers, and optical switches. Wavelength division multiplexers combine or separate optical signals of different wavelengths, thereby increasing the capacity of fiber optic communications; optical switches are used for the routing and switching of optical signals, ensuring flexible network topology and efficient operation of optical networks.

Data Center Optical Interconnects: With the explosive growth of data center traffic, optical communication components are widely used for high-speed optical interconnections between servers and racks within data centers. Components such as optical modules and optical transceivers enable high-speed, low-latency data transmission.

5G Communication Base Stations: The fronthaul, midhaul, and backhaul links in 5G base stations require a large number of optical communication components, such as optical modules and fiber arrays, to enable high-speed optical communication between base stations and the core network, as well as between different base stations, ensuring large-capacity, low-latency data transmission for 5G networks.