Fiber-on-planar mechanical and optical composite
Fiber-on-planar mechanical and optical composite
The bonding of optical fibre to a planar substrate can be made through the use of solder [1], glass frit [2] and epoxy [3]. However, these methods have limitations in that they exhibit either a mechanical weakness in harsh environments (e.g. high temperature, high pressure and/or solvent exposure) or have poor optical characteristics (e.g. high optical loss, significant scattering, modal and refractive index mismatch with optical fiber). This paper presents a fabrication technique that overcomes these limitations. The resulting composite illustrated in Fig. 1 (a) is both mechanically robust and optically functional. The format enables a route to realise precision layer-up (e.g. high density fibre packing, precision fibre lengths and delay lines), hybridised fibre-planar devices (e.g. MOEMS, evanescent field sensors and environmentally stabilised narrow line lasers) and optical pump schemes (e.g. fibre pumping, pump strippers and mode strippers).
Holmes, Christopher
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Gates, James
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Carpenter, Lewis Glynn
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Khudus, Abdul
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Brambilla, Gilberto
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Gawith, Corin
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Smith, Peter
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21 June 2015
Holmes, Christopher
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Gates, James
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Carpenter, Lewis Glynn
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Khudus, Abdul
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Brambilla, Gilberto
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Gawith, Corin
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Smith, Peter
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Holmes, Christopher, Gates, James, Carpenter, Lewis Glynn, Khudus, Abdul, Brambilla, Gilberto, Gawith, Corin and Smith, Peter
(2015)
Fiber-on-planar mechanical and optical composite.
CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2015, ICM Centre, Munich, Germany.
21 - 25 Jun 2015.
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The bonding of optical fibre to a planar substrate can be made through the use of solder [1], glass frit [2] and epoxy [3]. However, these methods have limitations in that they exhibit either a mechanical weakness in harsh environments (e.g. high temperature, high pressure and/or solvent exposure) or have poor optical characteristics (e.g. high optical loss, significant scattering, modal and refractive index mismatch with optical fiber). This paper presents a fabrication technique that overcomes these limitations. The resulting composite illustrated in Fig. 1 (a) is both mechanically robust and optically functional. The format enables a route to realise precision layer-up (e.g. high density fibre packing, precision fibre lengths and delay lines), hybridised fibre-planar devices (e.g. MOEMS, evanescent field sensors and environmentally stabilised narrow line lasers) and optical pump schemes (e.g. fibre pumping, pump strippers and mode strippers).
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Published date: 21 June 2015
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CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2015, ICM Centre, Munich, Germany, 2015-06-21 - 2015-06-25
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/425530
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