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Development of 3-D printed silica preforms

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]
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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
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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 . (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
Venue - Dates: 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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Local EPrints ID: 434628
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/434628
PURE UUID: 756ac845-38fa-42a5-bea2-0ce4c049e642
ORCID for Angeles Camacho Rosales: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-3603-7561
ORCID for Martin Miguel Angel Núñez-Velázquez: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0774-3272
ORCID for Xiao Zhao: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9714-3176
ORCID for Shoufeng Yang: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3888-3211
ORCID for Jayanta Sahu: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-3560-6152

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Date deposited: 04 Oct 2019 16:30
Last modified: 18 Mar 2024 03:57

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Author: Angeles Camacho Rosales ORCID iD
Author: Martin Miguel Angel Núñez-Velázquez ORCID iD
Author: Xiao Zhao ORCID iD
Author: Shoufeng Yang ORCID iD
Author: Jayanta Sahu ORCID iD

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