Optical fibers fabricated from 3D printed silica preforms

Angeles L. Camacho Rosales; Martin M. A. Núñez Velázquez; Xiao Zhao; Jayanta K. Sahu

doi:10.1117/12.2543210

2 March 2020 Optical fibers fabricated from 3D printed silica preforms

Angeles L. Camacho Rosales, Martin M. A. Núñez Velázquez, Xiao Zhao, Jayanta K. Sahu

Proceedings Volume 11271, Laser 3D Manufacturing VII; 112710U (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2543210
Event: SPIE LASE, 2020, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

The increasing demand for novel fiber design has brought major challenges with the current fabrication methods. Additive manufacturing is an innovative fabrication process that has been attracting attention to the optical fiber community. 3D printed porous bodies from commercial silica powder were produced based on selective laser sintering (SLS). Complex structures such as antiresonant fiber (ARF), photonic crystal fiber (PCF) and multicore fiber (MCF) preforms were produced by this method. Additionally, a multi-material fiber with a silica cladding and a GeO₂-SiO₂ core was fabricated from a 3D printed preform. The optical and physical properties of the fabricated 3D printed structures were reported.

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Angeles L. Camacho Rosales, Martin M. A. Núñez Velázquez, Xiao Zhao, and Jayanta K. Sahu "Optical fibers fabricated from 3D printed silica preforms", Proc. SPIE 11271, Laser 3D Manufacturing VII, 112710U (2 March 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2543210

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