Development of 3-D printed silica preforms
Development of 3-D printed silica preforms
Optical preforms and fibres manufacturing face numerous challenges with the demand for novel fibre designs with complex geometries using single or multiple materials. The multi-step approach currently followed to produce complex structures can endanger the mechanical integrity of the preform and add optical losses to the fibre. Often these complex and multi-step fabrication processes are time-consuming and yields are compromised. A novel fabrication process that has been gaining attractiveness in industries is the additive manufacturing (3D printing). Despite some progresses have been done with 3-D printing of glass, the work was demonstrated with a low melting temperature glass, such as soda lime, which was thermal fused before being extruded by a nozzle in heat building chamber [1]. An alternative approach, which has been used for 3-D printing glass is based in a feeding system of a quartz rod that is fused by a laser beam [2, 3]
Camacho Rosales, Angeles
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Núñez-Velázquez, Martin Miguel Angel
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Zhao, Xiao
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17 October 2019
Camacho Rosales, Angeles
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Núñez-Velázquez, Martin Miguel Angel
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Zhao, Xiao
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Yang, Shoufeng
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Sahu, Jayanta
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Camacho Rosales, Angeles, Núñez-Velázquez, Martin Miguel Angel, Zhao, Xiao, Yang, Shoufeng and Sahu, Jayanta
(2019)
Development of 3-D printed silica preforms.
In 2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference.
OSA.
1 pp
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(doi:10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2019.8871436).
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Abstract
Optical preforms and fibres manufacturing face numerous challenges with the demand for novel fibre designs with complex geometries using single or multiple materials. The multi-step approach currently followed to produce complex structures can endanger the mechanical integrity of the preform and add optical losses to the fibre. Often these complex and multi-step fabrication processes are time-consuming and yields are compromised. A novel fabrication process that has been gaining attractiveness in industries is the additive manufacturing (3D printing). Despite some progresses have been done with 3-D printing of glass, the work was demonstrated with a low melting temperature glass, such as soda lime, which was thermal fused before being extruded by a nozzle in heat building chamber [1]. An alternative approach, which has been used for 3-D printing glass is based in a feeding system of a quartz rod that is fused by a laser beam [2, 3]
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Accepted/In Press date: 25 March 2019
e-pub ahead of print date: 23 June 2019
Published date: 17 October 2019
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2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2019, ICM – International Congress Centre, Munich, Germany, 2019-06-23 - 2019-06-27
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Angeles Camacho Rosales
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Martin Miguel Angel Núñez-Velázquez
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Xiao Zhao
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Jayanta Sahu
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