Laser-drilled free-form silica fiber p-reforms for microstructured optical fibers

  • Martin Becker
  • , Marcel Werner
  • , Oliver Fitzau
  • , Dominik Esser
  • , Jens Kobelke
  • , Adrian Lorenz
  • , Anka Schwuchow
  • , Manfred Rothhardt
  • , Kay Schuster
  • , Dieter Hoffmann
  • , Hartmut Bartelt

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Abstract

We describe a laser drilling technology suitable for structuring solid glass p-reforms for microstructured optical fibers. This technology offers the possibility to prepare complex p-reform designs that cannot be easily managed by the stack-and-draw technology. As a proof of concept, we present a four-ring hexagonal hole structure drilled in a silica rod over a length of 80 mm. A fiber drawn from such a p-reform has been analyzed to demonstrate the feasibility of this concept.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)482-485
Number of pages4
JournalOptical Fiber Technology
Volume19
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2013
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Bragg -reflectors
  • Fabrication, cladding, and splicing
  • Fiber testing and measurement of fiber parameters
  • Glasses
  • Quartz

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