Rapid prototyping of silica optical fibers
Rapid prototyping of silica optical fibers
We demonstrate a method for rapid prototyping of optical fibers. Silica-based glass rods were 3D printed using laser powder deposition. Different doping of the 3D printed rods is evaluated, including alumina, titania, and erbium-doped glass. The rods were subsequently used as the core material in preforms with optical fibers drawn using a laser-based draw tower. A transmission loss of 3.2 dB/m was found for a fiber with 1 wt% titania doped core and pure silica cladding. Using this fabrication method, prototyping from powder to optical fiber could be achieved within a few hours.
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Maniewski, Pawel
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2 July 2022
Maniewski, Pawel
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Maniewski, Pawel, Harvey, Clarissa M., Mühlberger, Korbinian, Oriekhov, Taras, Brunzell, Martin, Laurell, Fredrik and Fokine, Michael
(2022)
Rapid prototyping of silica optical fibers.
Optical Materials Express, 12 (7), .
(doi:10.1364/OME.459400).
Abstract
We demonstrate a method for rapid prototyping of optical fibers. Silica-based glass rods were 3D printed using laser powder deposition. Different doping of the 3D printed rods is evaluated, including alumina, titania, and erbium-doped glass. The rods were subsequently used as the core material in preforms with optical fibers drawn using a laser-based draw tower. A transmission loss of 3.2 dB/m was found for a fiber with 1 wt% titania doped core and pure silica cladding. Using this fabrication method, prototyping from powder to optical fiber could be achieved within a few hours.
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Accepted/In Press date: 28 April 2022
Published date: 2 July 2022
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Local EPrints ID: 509341
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/509341
ISSN: 2159-3930
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Pawel Maniewski
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Clarissa M. Harvey
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Korbinian Mühlberger
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Taras Oriekhov
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Martin Brunzell
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Fredrik Laurell
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Michael Fokine
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