Open AccessSilica optical fiber drawn from 3D printed preforms
Author(s) -
Yushi Chu,
Xinghu Fu,
Yanhua Luo,
John Canning,
Yuan Tian,
Kevin Cook,
Jianzhong Zhang,
Gang-Ding Peng
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
optics letters/optics index
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 272
eISSN - 1071-2763
pISSN - 0146-9592
DOI - 10.1364/ol.44.005358
Subject(s) - multi mode optical fiber , materials science , optical fiber , hard clad silica optical fiber , plastic clad silica fiber , optics , photonic crystal fiber , all silica fiber , fabrication , fiber , single mode optical fiber , microstructured optical fiber , 3d printed , plastic optical fiber , optoelectronics , composite material , medicine , biomedical engineering , physics , alternative medicine , pathology
Silica optical fiber was drawn from a three-dimensional printed preform. Both single mode and multimode fibers are reported. The results demonstrate additive manufacturing of glass optical fibers and its potential to disrupt traditional optical fiber fabrication. It opens up fiber designs for novel applications hitherto not possible.