TY - GEN
T1 - First Demonstration of POF taper fabrication using hot water
AU - Mizuno, Y.
AU - Lee, H.
AU - Ujihara, H.
AU - Hayashi, N.
AU - Nakamura, K.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - We perform a pilot trial of highly convenient taper fabrication for polymer optical fibers (POFs) using hot water. A ~380-mm-long POF taper is successfully fabricated, and its ∼150-mm-long waist has a uniform outer diameter of ∼ 230 μm. The shape is in good agreement with the theoretical prediction. The optical loss dependence on the strain applied to the waist shows an interesting behavior containing three regimes, the origins of which are inferred by microscopic observations. We then discuss the controllability of the taper length.
AB - We perform a pilot trial of highly convenient taper fabrication for polymer optical fibers (POFs) using hot water. A ~380-mm-long POF taper is successfully fabricated, and its ∼150-mm-long waist has a uniform outer diameter of ∼ 230 μm. The shape is in good agreement with the theoretical prediction. The optical loss dependence on the strain applied to the waist shows an interesting behavior containing three regimes, the origins of which are inferred by microscopic observations. We then discuss the controllability of the taper length.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85035763720
T3 - 26th International Conference on Plastic Optical Fibres, POF 2017 - Proceedings
BT - 26th International Conference on Plastic Optical Fibres, POF 2017 - Proceedings
A2 - Rocha, Ana Maria
A2 - Nogueira, Rogerio Nunes
PB - Instituto de Telecomunicacoes
T2 - 26th International Conference on Plastic Optical Fibres, POF 2017 - Proceedings
Y2 - 13 September 2017 through 15 September 2017
ER -