Eyewear-style three-dimensional endoscope derived from microstructured polymer fiber with the function of image transmission

A method of fabricating multi-core polymer image fiber is proposed.Image fiber preform is fabricated by stacking thousands of polymer fibers each with a 0.25-mm diameter orderly in a die by only one step.The preform is heated and stretched into image fiber with an outer diameter of 2mm.Then a portable eyewear-style three-dimensional(3D) endoscope system is designed,fabricated,and characterized.This endoscopic system is composed of two graded index lenses,two pieces of 0.35-m length image guide fibers,and a pair of oculars.It shows good ?exibility and portability,and can provide the depth information accordingly.     

传像光纤、光纤面板及光锥制造新方法探索

利用高折射率光纤填充微结构预制棒孔洞的方法,制造直径70 mm、长度200 mm的大尺寸传像光纤预制棒,像素数为547.为提高传像元件的像素数,将预制棒先拉伸成直径约为30 mm的二次预制棒,通过切削、并熔后拉伸,得到像素数为3829的传像微结构光纤及其面板和光锥,其理论数值孔径为0.55.经初步测试发现,其传像效果良好.此方法利用微结构光纤技术制造传像光纤、面板和光锥,简单易行,成本低,能有效提高像素数,有望成为规模化制造高分辨率、高质量传像元件的新方法.     

传像光纤、光纤面板及光锥制造新方法探索

利用高折射率光纤填充微结构预制棒孔洞的方法,制造直径70 mm、长度200 mm的大尺寸传像光纤预制棒,像素数为547.为提高传像元件的像素数,将预制棒先拉伸成直径约为30 mm的二次预制棒,通过切削、并熔后拉伸,得到像素数为3829的传像微结构光纤及其面板和光锥,其理论数值孔径为0.55.经初步测试发现,其传像效果良好.此方法利用微结构光纤技术制造传像光纤、面板和光锥,简单易行,成本低,能有效提高像素数,有望成为规模化制造高分辨率、高质量传像元件的新方法.     

Multimaterial preform coextrusion for robust chalcogenide optical fibers and tapers

The development of robust infrared fibers is crucial for harnessing the capabilities of new mid-infrared lasers. We present a novel approach to the fabrication of chalcogenide glass fiber preforms: one-step multimaterial extrusion. The preform consists of a glass core and cladding surrounded by a built-in, thermally compatible, polymer jacket for mechanical support. Using this approach we extrude several preform structures and draw them into robust composite fibers. Furthermore, the polymer cladding allows us to produce robust tapers with submicrometer core diameter.     

Small-core single-mode microstructured polymer optical fiber with large external diameter

A preform sleeving technique is demonstrated that allows the fabrication of single-mode polymer microstructured fiber with the smallest core and hole dimensions yet reported to our knowledge. For a fixed triangular hole pattern a range of fibers is produced by adjustment to the operating conditions of the draw tower. Numerical modeling is carried out for one of the fibers produced with a 570-microm external diameter, a core diameter of 2.23 microm, an average hole diameter of 0.53 microm, and an average hole spacing of 1.38 microm. This fiber was shown to be endlessly single mode.     

Multimode laser emission from dye-doped hollow polymer optical fibre

Well-resolved multimode laser emission was observed for the first time from a freestanding microring cavity based on Rhodamine B dye-doped hollow polymer optical fibre by transverse pumping. Fibres with different diameters such as 180, 460, 640 and 800 μm were fabricated from a dye-doped hollow polymer preform. A blueshift in the mode structure was observed with decrease in fibre diameter leading to wide range tunability of the laser emission.     

Optical amplification of Eu(DBM)3Phen-doped polymer optical fiber

A preform technique is used to prepare a step-index (SI) polymer optical fiber (POF) doped with Eu(DBM)3Phen. The gain (5.7 dB) at 613 nm of the doped SI POF with Eu3+ content of 4000 in 10(6) wt., 0.4-mm core diameter, and 30-cm fiber length is observed at ambient temperature by end pumping with a YAG at 355 nm. The input signal light is approximately 0.2 W. The results show the possibility of signal gain in a rare-earth-doped POF amplifier and the potential of a polymer doped with rare-earth ions as an active optical device.     

Determination of the refractive index profile of polymer optical fiber preform by the transverse ray tracing method

In graded-index polymer optical fiber (GI-POF), the refractive index profile is an important parameter in defining its bandwidth. However, direct determination of the refractive index profile of GI-POF is difficult due to its extreme thinness. In this study, the refractive index distribution of the GI-POF is indirectly determined by measuring the refractive index distribution of the GI-POF perform by applying the transverse ray tracing method to a simplified measurement system that we developed.In this system, a parallel tabular ray is irradiated transversely to a GI-POF preform. The transverse ray from the preform is then projected on a screen, and its digital image is processed to calculate the refractive index distribution. The calculation is based on a transverse ray simulation, a computer program that we developed in which the refractive index distribution of the preform is determined by comparing the displacement of the transverse ray projected on the screen with the actual measurement.The accuracy of this new measurement method is validated by comparing the refractive index distribution of a GI-POF preform with the refractive index distribution measured by the conventional method using an interferometer. We find that the refractive index distribution measured by this novel method agrees well with that measured by the conventional method.     

太赫兹聚合物光子晶体光纤关键制备工艺研究

针对太赫兹聚合物光子晶体光纤的应用需求,对聚合物光纤的制备材料、预制棒制备、拉伸工艺等关键制备工艺进行了研究.分析了聚合物材料的特性,并进行实验验证,结果表明ZEONEX材料的吸收系数低于3cm~(-1),吸水性低于0.01%,玻璃化转变温度和分解温度分别高达136℃和420℃,在太赫兹光纤制备中具有优良性能.预制棒制备和光纤拉伸的工艺方面,在注塑法的基础上改进了模具系统,使用可控的微压拉丝技术,在10200Pa范围内可实现±1.5Pa的微压差精确控制,较大程度上提高了光纤预制棒的成品率和光纤的形变控制,有望制备出高空气填充率的聚合物光子晶体光纤.     

Furnace chemical vapor deposition bismuth-doped silica-core holey fiber

A bismuth-doped-pure-silica holey fiber is fabricated using a fiber preform made by the furnace chemical vapor deposition method. The spectroscopic properties of the fiber are studied, and laser action at λ=1450 nm with an efficiency of 12% is demonstrated.     

四方阵列聚苯乙烯/聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯微结构光纤的制造与光学特性

用聚苯乙烯光纤填充625孔聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯微结构光纤预制棒中的空气孔制备了新型微结构光纤预制棒.拉伸后得到了四方阵列聚苯乙烯/聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯微结构聚合物光纤.该光纤的纵方向可以作为传递图像介质,而纵截面上折射率的周期性结构可以作为透射光栅使用,该光栅产生的moiré条纹可以用于测量小角度移动.     

大尺寸聚合物光纤面板制造新技术的初步研究

利用堆积-热融合工艺,将商用聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯低损耗光纤以六方堆积的方式排列在自行设计的模具中,制备光学聚合物光纤面板预制棒后,对预制棒进行切割、拼接,研究了一种制备超大尺寸光纤面板的新技术.拼接面板样品的厚度2 mm,像素直径500 μm,总像素数 59052, 对大尺寸人或物的像具有很好的传递能力. 利用该技术制备的大尺寸拼接光纤面板,对于液晶拼接屏中拼接缝的清除以及大屏幕的保护具有不可替代的作用.     

石英基掺Tm3+包层抽运光纤激光器

在MCVD车床上利用“湿法”掺杂方法研制出纤芯高掺Ge的石英基掺Tm³⁺光纤预制棒,采用侧面研磨和抛光工艺制成横截面为正六边形的光纤预制棒.经拉丝,内层涂覆低折射率材料后制成包层抽运光纤.测试其吸收谱,并对光纤参数进行优化.通过在光纤两端紫外写入光纤Bragg光栅,制成线形光学谐振腔,在工作波长793nm的激光抽运下,获得工作波长1947.1031nm、功率2.05W的激光输出.由此证明这种光纤具有优异的光学特性. 关键词： 3+光纤')" href="#">石英基掺Tm³⁺光纤 光纤Bragg光栅 包层抽运 光纤激光器     

Cleaving of TOPAS and PMMA microstructured polymer optical fibers: Core-shift and statistical quality optimization

We fabricated an electronically controlled polymer optical fiber cleaver, which uses a razor-blade guillotine and provides independent control of fiber temperature, blade temperature, and cleaving speed. To determine the optimum cleaving conditions of microstructured polymer optical fibers (mPOFs) with hexagonal hole structures we developed a program for cleaving quality optimization, which reads in a microscope image of the fiber end-facet and determines the core-shift and the statistics of the hole diameter, hole-to-hole pitch, hole ellipticity, and direction of major ellipse axis. For 125 μm in diameter mPOFs of the standard polymer PMMA we found the optimum temperatures to be 77.5 °C for both blade and fiber. For 280 μm in diameter mPOFs of the humidity insensitive polymer TOPAS® (grade 8007) the optimum temperature was 40° for both blade and fiber. A 100 μm thick flat-edge blade was found to minimize the core-shift by the cleaving to only 298 nm or 5% of the pitch for the PMMA mPOF at the optimal temperature.     

Fabrication of tapered fiber based ring resonator

Tapered fiber based ring resonators are fabricated and its optical characteristic is investigated in detail. The ring resonator is fabricated by coiling the tapered fiber, which is firstly made by heating and stretching a piece of optical fiber, after the polymer protective cladding has been removed The comb filter with a constant free spectral range (FSR) and the maximum extinction ratio of 4.2 dB is achieved by a single-mode fiber based ring resonator. The FSR of ring resonator can be adjusted by controlling the diameter of the ring. The extinction ratio is improved in the polarization maintaining fiber based ring resonator where the maximum extinction ratio of 14 dB is achieved at 1531 nm region.     

Challenges and Solutions in Fabrication of Silica-Based Photonic Crystal Fibers: An Experimental Study

Abstract

The fabrication process of photonic crystal fibers based on a stack-and-draw method is presented in full detail in this article. In addition, improved techniques of photonic crystal fiber preform preparation and fabrication are highlighted. A new method of connecting a handle to a preform using only a fiber drawing tower is demonstrated, which eliminates the need for a high-temperature glass working lathe. Also, a new technique of modifying the photonic crystal fiber structural pattern by sealing air holes of the photonic crystal fiber cane is presented. Using the proposed methods, several types of photonic crystal fibers are fabricated, which suggests potential for rapid photonic crystal fibers fabrication in laboratories equipped with and limited to only a fiber drawing tower.     

CO2激光加热硅芯光纤预制棒的温场分布

研究了10.6 m CO2激光加热硅芯光纤预制棒的温场分布，在考虑预制棒表面热辐射和空气对流的情况下，用有限元软件COMSOL Multiphysics建立了激光加热预制棒的传热物理模型，比较了激光功率、激光光斑半径和预制棒直径对温场分布的影响，同时提出CO2激光加热与石墨炉加热结合调节温场分布的方法。仿真结果显示，激光参数和预制棒直径都会明显影响预制棒温场分布，且激光光斑半径3 mm，功率达到400 W的激光器可用于直径10 mm内的硅芯光纤预制棒制备硅芯光纤。通过CO2激光加热和石墨炉加热相结合的加热方式，能更加灵活有效地调节预制棒的温场分布，构建适合硅芯光纤拉丝的温场条件。     

全塑料光学生命探测仪关键技术研究

制作了单丝直径为250 μm、像素数为4096、长度为15 m的塑料光纤传像束. 研究表明: 原始图像经过该15 m长的光纤传像束后, 仍有25%保留, 完全可以满足图像目视观察或CCD图像采集的需要. 以此光纤传像束为核心部件, 分别设计、制作了目视式生命探测仪样机, 以及与CCD、图像采集卡、笔记本电脑一体化的智能型光学生命探测仪样机. 最后, 演示了该系统对被困人员搜救的有效性. 此系统不但可用于地震、矿难等场合被埋人员的搜索, 也可用于高压强电磁干扰环境、保密部门、易燃易爆等特殊场合的视频监视.     

Longitudinal polarization stability of near-elliptic inner-cladding polarization-maintaining photonic crystal fiber

A novel theoretical analysis model of fiber birefringence and extinction ratio deterioration induced by longitudinal stochastic variation in diameter of silica capillaries for fiber preform is established based on three-dimensional full-vector beam propagation method (3D-FV-BPM) and Jones Matrix method. The longitudinal polarization stability of near-elliptic inner-cladding polarization-maintaining photonic crystal fiber (NEIC-PM-PCF) is analyzed and compared with near Panda clading photonic crystal fiber (NPC-PCF) and near rectangle photonic crystal fiber (NR-PCF) in detail. The longitudinal diameter tolerance ranges of capillaries could be calculated for a given extinction ratio and a certain fiber length, which shows a good reference for fabricating NEIC-PM-PCFs.     

Ultrahigh-resolution plastic graded-index fused image plates

Fiber-optic imaging systems such as the medical endoscope, the boroscope, the fused-image faceplate, and the image conduit are now made from glass step-index (SI) fibers, and the image resolution of the SI fiber-optic imaging systems is limited to ~5 microm. Ultrahigh-resolution fiber-optic fused-image plates with fiber diameter sizes of 5 and 2.8 microm were fabricated with plastic graded-index (GRIN) fibers. The measured image resolutions of the 5-microm SI and GRIN-based guides were comparable, and the resolution of the plastic GRIN image guides improved as the fiber diameter was reduced from 5 to 2.8 microm.