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Fabrication and characterisation of polysiloxane optical fiber microloop interferometers
Author(s) -
Martincek I.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.30175
Subject(s) - fabrication , materials science , astronomical interferometer , optical fiber , polydimethylsiloxane , microwave , micrometer , substrate (aquarium) , fiber , composite material , multi mode optical fiber , siloxane , optoelectronics , optics , interferometry , telecommunications , polymer , engineering , medicine , alternative medicine , oceanography , physics , pathology , geology
We fabricated micrometer‐order diameter polysiloxane optical fibers by drawing process of partially cured siloxane. Using a few mm long polysiloxane fibers integrated on the polydimethylsiloxane substrate or in telecommunications optical fibers, we studied the influence of looping on the transmission characteristics of a polysiloxane optical fibers. We have demonstrated an optical interferometers built of a coiled self‐touching polysiloxane fibers with a diameter of up to 25 microns. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 58:2876–2879, 2016