Drawing optical fibers from three-dimensional printers

被引：37

作者：

Canning, John ^{[1
,2
,3
]}

Hossain, Md Arafat ^{[1
,2
]}

Han, Chunyang ^{[1
,2
]}

Chartier, Loic ^{[1
,2
]}

Cook, Kevin ^{[1
,2
]}

Athanaze, Tristan ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Sydney, Sch Chem, Interdisciplinary Photon Labs, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia

[2] Univ Technol Sydney, Sch Comp & Commun, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia

[3] Australian Sensing & Identificat Syst AusSI Syst, 35 Clarence St, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia

来源：

OPTICS LETTERS | 2016年 / 41卷 / 23期

基金：

澳大利亚研究理事会;

关键词：

Plastic bottles - Styrene - Fiber Bragg gratings - Plastic optical fibers - Printing presses;

D O I：

10.1364/OL.41.005551

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 [光学];

摘要：

The temperature distribution within extrusion nozzles of three low-cost desktop 3D printers is characterized using fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) to assess their compatibility as microfurnaces for optical fiber and taper production. These profiles show remarkably consistent distributions suitable for direct drawing of optical fiber. As proof of principle, coreless optical fibers (phi = 30 mu m) made from fluorinated acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) and polyethylene terephthalate glycol (PETG) are drawn. Cutback measurements demonstrate propagation losses as low as a alpha = 0.26 dB/cm, which are comparable with standard optical fiber losses with some room for improvement. This work points toward direct optical fiber manufacture of any material from 3D printers. (C) 2016 Optical Society of America

引用

页码：5551 / 5554

页数：4

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