Drawing optical fibers from three-dimensional printers

Canning, J; Hossain, MA; Han, C; Chartier, L; Cook, K; Athanaze, T

Drawing optical fibers from three-dimensional printers

Canning, J

Hossain, MA Han, C Chartier, L Cook, K

Athanaze, T

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Optics Letters, 2016, 41 (23), pp. 5551 - 5554
Issue Date:: 2016-12-01

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dc.contributor.author	Canning, J https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8281-7783	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Hossain, MA	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Han, C	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Chartier, L	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Cook, K https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6139-9586	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Athanaze, T	en_US
dc.date.available	2020-05-25T19:04:17Z
dc.date.issued	2016-12-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Optics Letters, 2016, 41 (23), pp. 5551 - 5554	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0146-9592	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/103635
dc.description.abstract	© 2016 Optical Society of America. 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 (φ = 30 μm) made from fluorinated acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) and polyethylene terephthalate glycol (PETG) are drawn. Cutback measurements demonstrate propagation losses as low as α = 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.	en_US
dc.relation	http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP140100975
dc.relation.ispartof	Optics Letters	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1364/OL.41.005551	en_US
dc.rights	© 2016 Optical Society of America. Users may use, reuse, and build upon the article, or use the article for text or data mining, so long as such uses are for non-commercial purposes and appropriate attribution is maintained. All other rights are reserved.	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Optics	en_US
dc.title	Drawing optical fibers from three-dimensional printers	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	23	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	41	en_US
utslib.for	0205 Optical Physics	en_US
utslib.for	0912 Materials Engineering	en_US
utslib.for	0206 Quantum Physics	en_US
utslib.for	0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Electrical and Data Engineering
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - GBDTC - Global Big Data Technologies
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pubs.issue	23	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	41	en_US

Abstract:

© 2016 Optical Society of America. 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 (φ = 30 μm) made from fluorinated acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) and polyethylene terephthalate glycol (PETG) are drawn. Cutback measurements demonstrate propagation losses as low as α = 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.

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