Granados-Zambrano L F, Korterik J P, Estudillo-Ayala J M, Laguna R Rojas, Jauregui-Vazquez D, Offerhaus H L, Alvarez-Chavez J A
Optical Sciences Group - University of Twente, Drienerlolaan 5, 7522 NB Enschede, the Netherlands.
División de Ingenierías Campus Irapuato - Salamanca, Universidad de Guanajuato, Carretera Salamanca-Valle de Santiago km 3.5 + 1.8 km, Salamanca, Guanajuato 36885, Mexico.
HardwareX. 2024 Aug 29;19:e00578. doi: 10.1016/j.ohx.2024.e00578. eCollection 2024 Sep.
Optical fiber tapers have been widely proposed and demonstrated as reliable optical fiber structures for sensing, lasers, and supercontinuum generation applications. This paper proposes an innovative approach to fabricating optical fiber tapers using plasma as the heat source. From our literature review, and to the best of our knowledge, this is the first time that plasma has been used as the heat source for producing optical fiber tapers. The system is not intricate and simple to replicate. Moreover, the elements involved make this machine attractive to research groups devoted to optical fibers. The setup consistently generates robust biconical optical fiber tapers. A typical waist of ∼8 μm and taper lengths ranging from 3 to 15 mm are achieved. Our results showed tapers with interference fringes up to 12 dB, from 1465 nm to 1599 nm. Furthermore, the statistical evaluation presented demonstrates a good level of reproducibility in our tapering process.
光纤锥已被广泛提出并证明是用于传感、激光和超连续谱产生应用的可靠光纤结构。本文提出了一种使用等离子体作为热源制造光纤锥的创新方法。据我们的文献综述以及所知，这是首次将等离子体用作生产光纤锥的热源。该系统并不复杂且易于复制。此外，所涉及的元件使这台机器对致力于光纤研究的团队具有吸引力。该装置始终能产生坚固的双锥形光纤锥。实现了典型的约8μm的腰部直径以及3至15mm的锥长。我们的结果表明，在1465nm至1599nm范围内，锥的干涉条纹高达12dB。此外，所呈现的统计评估表明我们的拉锥过程具有良好的可重复性。
