Title :
Technology for the Preparation of PDMS Optical Fibers and Some Fiber Structures
Author :
Martincek, Ivan ; Pudis, D. ; Chalupova, Maria
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Zilina, Zilina, Slovakia
Abstract :
We describe a new technology for the fabrication of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) optical fibers and PDMS fiber structures, based on fiber drawing from partially cured PDMS. This technology allows the fabrication of PDMS fibers in a wide range of diameters and different lengths. We demonstrate the potential of such prepared PDMS optical fibers on a variety of typical and unconventional fiber structures such as multimode optical fibers, looped and twisted fibers, and optical fiber couplers.
Keywords :
optical fibre couplers; optical fibre fabrication; optical polymers; polymer fibres; PDMS fiber structures; PDMS optical fiber preparation; fiber drawing; looped fibers; multimode optical fibers; optical fiber couplers; partially cured PDMS; polydimethylsiloxane optical fiber fabrication; twisted fibers; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; integrated optics; optical devices; optical polymers;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2014.2326695
