Modeling the fabrication of hollow fibers: capillary drawing

Author

Fitt, Alistair D. ; Furusawa, Kentaro ; Monro, Tanya M. ; Please, Colin P.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Math. Studies, Southampton Univ., UK

Volume

19

Issue

12

fYear

2001

fDate

12/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1924

Lastpage

1931

Abstract

A method for modeling the fabrication of small-scale hollow glass capillaries is developed. The model is based on an asymptotic analysis of the Navier-Stokes equations, which yields a simple closed-form solution for this problem. We demonstrate the validity of this approach using experimental data and use it to make predictions for a range of regimes of interest for the development of microstructured optical fiber technology

Keywords

Navier-Stokes equations; capillarity; drawing (mechanical); glass fibres; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre theory; Navier-Stokes equations; asymptotic analysis; capillary drawing; hollow fiber fabrication modeling; mathematical modeling; microstructured optical fiber technology; model; optical fiber applications; optical fiber fabrication; optical fiber theory; small-scale hollow glass capillaries; Fabrication; Glass; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber theory; Optical fibers; Optical refraction; Photonic crystal fibers; Preforms; Solids;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.971686

Filename

971686