Elaboration of multimaterials optical fibers combining tellurite glass and metal for electro-optical applications

A. Maldonado; A. Lemière; F. Désévédavy; J. C. Jules; W. Correr; Y. Ledemi; Y. Messaddeq; C. Strutynski; S. Danto; T. Cardinal; F. Smektala

doi:10.1117/12.2555433

1 April 2020 Elaboration of multimaterials optical fibers combining tellurite glass and metal for electro-optical applications

A. Maldonado, A. Lemière, F. Désévédavy, J. C. Jules, W. Correr, Y. Ledemi, Y. Messaddeq, C. Strutynski, S. Danto, T. Cardinal, F. Smektala

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Proceedings Volume 11357, Fiber Lasers and Glass Photonics: Materials through Applications II; 113570U (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2555433
Event: SPIE Photonics Europe, 2020, Online Only

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The development and the emergence of fully integrated all-fiber optical systems is very interesting from a technical point of view in photonics. Indeed, the development of mutimaterials fibers combining both optical waveguide properties and simultaneous in-fiber electrical excitation could provide plenty of innovative signal-processing, sensing or imaging functionalities. Here, we report the engineering of a new glass/metal composite fiber. For the glass, we have chosen tellurite glasses for their excellent thermo-viscous abilities (low T_g) and linear/nonlinear optical properties. This low T_g allows to have a larger panel of potential metals to be co-drawn with. The synthesis is firstly realized by build-in-casting at room atmosphere which allows to get a large-core. Then, the rod-in-tube technique and the insertion of metallic wires allow to get a step-index fiber with a small-core (7μm) and two continuous metallic electrodes running along the fiber axis (Øelectrodes = 30μm). Thus, we obtain a tellurite-based core-clad dual-electrode composite fiber made by direct, homothetic preform-to-fiber thermal co-drawing. The rheological and optical properties of the selected glasses allow both to regulate the metallic melting flow and to manage the refractive index core/clad waveguide profile. We will discuss the engineering of these multimaterials optical fibers and their characterization: thermal and viscosity properties, linear optical properties (loss), electrical properties with a continuity of the electrodes over meters of fiber.

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A. Maldonado, A. Lemière, F. Désévédavy, J. C. Jules, W. Correr, Y. Ledemi, Y. Messaddeq, C. Strutynski, S. Danto, T. Cardinal, and F. Smektala "Elaboration of multimaterials optical fibers combining tellurite glass and metal for electro-optical applications", Proc. SPIE 11357, Fiber Lasers and Glass Photonics: Materials through Applications II, 113570U (1 April 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2555433

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