Applications
We cover a broad spectrum of demanding applications
We mainly address applications in niche markets. Our fiber optic assemblies are used in custom as well as in complex and extreme environments. They can be found in the oil and gas industry, in nuclear power plants, in electrical installations, in the marine industry, or in large astronomical instruments. The applications of our products and solutions are as diverse as opto-pyrotechnics, cryogenics, spectroscopy, or power lasers.
Military and aerospace
The military and aerospace sectors were among the very first to adopt optical fiber technologies mainly because of their very light weight and immunity to electromagnetic interference. If it was originally for telecommunications, it is today more and more for sensing. SEDI-ATI has developed a wide range of optical fiber components and fiber assemblies able to withstand extreme environments met in a variety of air, sea, ground, and space applications.
Because they are free from electromagnetic interference and are capable of transmitting large bandwidth signals with a very low optical attenuation, optical fibers offer many advantages for a variety of army applications. Discover how SEDI-ATI participates in the supply of fiber optic links, fiber sensors, opto-pyrotechnic lines, and active tethers for remote vehicles, just to name a few.
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The navy is a strong supporter of fiber-optics technologies. Discover how SEDI-ATI contributes to naval cutting-edge applications like the guidance of unmanned submarine vehicles.
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Fiber optics have added a new dimension to aeronautics applications. Discover how SEDI-ATI meets the stringent requirements of this industry.
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In the last few years, space applications of fiber optics have been growing quickly. Discover how SEDI-ATI is involved in emerging space applications such as optical atomic clocks and opto-pyrotechnics.
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Energy
Energy sectors such as the Electric Power, Wind Turbines, Nuclear and Oil & Gas industries embrace more and more optical fiber technologies. The Energy applications are chock-full of challenging environments like chemicals, radiations, extreme temperatures… SEDI-ATI delivers customizable, ruggedized and performant passive optical fiber components suitable for such hazardous applications.
To ensure the safe and efficient operation of electric power distribution networks, electrical utilities need to protect, monitor, and control the diverse elements of their substations. However, the substation environment is very hostile with extreme temperatures, high levels of electromagnetic interference, power fluctuations, and even vibrations. Learn more about the role SEDI-ATI and its fiber optic solutions can play through examples of applications in the electric power distribution industry.
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To perform in oil and gas environments such as down holes or gas tanks, optical fibers need to survive high pressures, corrosion, and high or low temperatures. To meet these requirements, SEDI-ATI offers specialized optical fiber components and assemblies. Read more in our short stories.
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SEDI-ATI Fibres Optiques is at the initiative of the collaborative project 3F2E (French Fiber Field for Extreme Environment), which was selected on October 19, 2021, to benefit from the French nuclear recovery plan.
The 3F2E project aims at developing metallic and/or carbon coatings on special optical fibers, allowing the use of sensors in extreme nuclear environments.
This work will make it possible to set up a 100% Made in France integrated supply chain and guarantee national sovereignty over this strategic technology.
Discover the exceptional applications of nuclearized fiber optic assemblies on which SEDI-ATI has already developed strong expertise.
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Due to the growing appetence for alternative-energy sources, also known as green energies such as wind, solar and hydro powers, there is a strong need for the supply of fiber-based solutions to monitor and control wind turbines and solar thermal farms for instance. The devices used in these applications must be able to withstand widely fluctuating temperatures, high levels of electromagnetic interference, power fluctuations, high vibrations, and even exposure to industrial oils. Learn more about SEDI-ATI’s contribution to this field.
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Industry
The industry sector is a heavy user of optical fiber solutions. From the laser delivery to the monitoring of industrial processes, there is a broad spectrum of applications for optical fiber components. SEDI-ATI provides customizable and ruggedized passive optical fiber components that meet the requirements of the Industry field: EMI immunity, space constraints, high optical performances…
SEDI-ATI fiber optic components and assemblies are used in robots and their control systems, meeting long-term requirements for torsion, bending, strength and bending radius.
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Many industrial applications require a high-power laser source. This is the case for laser welding, soldering, cutting or stripping. The power patch cords are special optical fibers, designed to carry high levels of optical energy, and thus allow the laser source to be remote. The fiber is reinforced with a specific buffer and dedicated connectors.
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Optical fibers are widely used to perform industrial optical sensing such as on-line process control or monitoring the structural health of materials and integrity of machines. SEDI-ATI Fibres Optiques is particularly involved in the design and manufacture of optical probes for UV-VIS-NIR (185 nm – 2.5 µm) spectroscopy by ellipsometry or reflectometry. These probes also allow the offset of the light source and the detector (monochromator, spectrophotometer…).
Research
The sector of research is keen on innovations involving optical fiber components. SEDI-ATI has a long-term experience in designing and prototyping custom and complex optical fiber assemblies for research centers. We provide solutions for ground and underwater telescopes, as well as for particle accelerators, and even for dosimetry monitoring.
Fiber links for telescopes and spectrographs are generally unique custom design assemblies since every instrument have their own configuration. Discover some of the astronomy and grand instruments projects for which SEDI-ATI has delivered such complex fiber-optic assemblies.
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Datacommunication
With the advent of quantum computing, data communication is taking a new turn. Fiber optics is more than ever at the heart of all the attention, whether for quantum communication or quantum metrology applications.
Photonics plays a central role in the development of quantum information technologies. Quantum key distribution systems for cryptography are already on the market and, thanks to their speed and robustness to decoherence, photons are at the heart of many advances towards large-scale secure networks, metrological systems, and quantum processors.
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Quantum photonics is now entering a new field of application, related to metrology and quantum sensors. In particular, it is used for spectroscopy to characterize materials. Special new generation optical fibers allow to work at cryogenic temperatures, which are essential for the proper functioning of single-photon sources (semiconductor quantum emitters).
Medical
The optical fiber opens up a wide scope for the Medical fields. SEDI-ATI capitalizes on its experience with extreme environments to address very demanding and highly prescriptive medical applications. We talk to doctors, surgeons, researchers, and medical device manufacturers who lead the path to innovative and promising medical applications using optical fibers. We manufacture CE marked biocompatible fiber-based medical devices. They are widely used for medical diagnosis, laser therapies and laser surgeries.
Fiber optics are ideal to perform fluorescence spectroscopy analysis for diagnostic applications. They allow to illuminate a target at a defined wavelength, and to collect the fluorescence emitted by the target as a reaction to the excitation caused by the incoming light. The emitted fluorescence is relevant of the composition of the target, which allows to identify the nature of the target. These properties are for instance used to practice in-vivo diagnosis of cancers using special fiber needles, and to do blood analysis in laboratory to detect diseases.
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The spatial and spectral properties of light are used in many therapeutic applications, particularly in phlebology, dermatology, urology and gynecology. Fiber optics is a technology of choice for deporting the laser light and energy in the procedures that are performed.
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