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 language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 482-485 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Optical Fiber Technology |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Bragg -reflectors
- Fabrication, cladding, and splicing
- Fiber testing and measurement of fiber parameters
- Glasses
- Quartz