Mid-IR Hollow-core microstructured fiber drawn from a 3D printed PETG preform
Mid-IR Hollow-core microstructured fiber drawn from a 3D printed PETG preform
Mid-infrared (mid-IR) optical fibers have long attracted great interest due to their wide range of applications in security, biology and chemical sensing. Traditionally, research was directed towards materials with low absorption in the mid-IR region, such as chalcogenides, which are difficult to manipulate and often contain highly toxic elements. In this paper, we demonstrate a Polyethylene Terephthalate Glycol (PETG) hollow-core fiber (HCF) with guiding properties in the mid-IR. Guiding is provided by the fiber geometry, as PETG exhibits a material attenuation 2 orders of magnitude larger than the HCF propagation loss. The structured plastic fiber preforms were fabricated using commercial 3D printing technology and then drawn using a conventional fiber drawing tower. The final PETG fiber outer diameter was 466 µm with a hollow-core diameter of 225 µm. Thermal imaging at the fiber facet performed within the wavelength range 3.5 – 5 µm clearly indicates air guidance in the fiber hollow core.
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Talataisong, Wanvisa, Ismaeel, Rand M.N., Marques, Thiago Henrique Rosales, Abokhamis Mousavi, Seyed Mohammad, Beresna, Martynas, Gouveia, Marcelo Botelho Alonso, Sandoghchi, Seyed Reza, Lee, Timothy, Cordeiro, Cristiano M.B. and Brambilla, Gilberto
(2018)
Mid-IR Hollow-core microstructured fiber drawn from a 3D printed PETG preform.
Scientific Reports, 8, , [8113].
(doi:10.1038/s41598-018-26561-8).
Abstract
Mid-infrared (mid-IR) optical fibers have long attracted great interest due to their wide range of applications in security, biology and chemical sensing. Traditionally, research was directed towards materials with low absorption in the mid-IR region, such as chalcogenides, which are difficult to manipulate and often contain highly toxic elements. In this paper, we demonstrate a Polyethylene Terephthalate Glycol (PETG) hollow-core fiber (HCF) with guiding properties in the mid-IR. Guiding is provided by the fiber geometry, as PETG exhibits a material attenuation 2 orders of magnitude larger than the HCF propagation loss. The structured plastic fiber preforms were fabricated using commercial 3D printing technology and then drawn using a conventional fiber drawing tower. The final PETG fiber outer diameter was 466 µm with a hollow-core diameter of 225 µm. Thermal imaging at the fiber facet performed within the wavelength range 3.5 – 5 µm clearly indicates air guidance in the fiber hollow core.
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Accepted/In Press date: 9 May 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 25 May 2018
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/421239
ISSN: 2045-2322
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Wanvisa Talataisong
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Thiago Henrique Rosales Marques
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Marcelo Botelho Alonso Gouveia
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Seyed Reza Sandoghchi
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Cristiano M.B. Cordeiro
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