Plasma-based optical fiber tapering rig.

Autor:	Granados-Zambrano LF; 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., Korterik JP; Optical Sciences Group - University of Twente, Drienerlolaan 5, 7522 NB Enschede, the Netherlands., Estudillo-Ayala JM; División de Ingenierías Campus Irapuato - Salamanca, Universidad de Guanajuato, Carretera Salamanca-Valle de Santiago km 3.5 + 1.8 km, Salamanca, Guanajuato 36885, Mexico., Laguna RR; División de Ingenierías Campus Irapuato - Salamanca, Universidad de Guanajuato, Carretera Salamanca-Valle de Santiago km 3.5 + 1.8 km, Salamanca, Guanajuato 36885, Mexico., Jauregui-Vazquez D; Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE), División de Física Aplicada-Departamento de Óptica, Carretera Ensenada-Tijuana, No. 3918, Zona Playitas, Ensenada 22860, Mexico., Offerhaus HL; Optical Sciences Group - University of Twente, Drienerlolaan 5, 7522 NB Enschede, the Netherlands., Alvarez-Chavez JA; Optical Sciences Group - University of Twente, Drienerlolaan 5, 7522 NB Enschede, the Netherlands.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	HardwareX [HardwareX] 2024 Aug 29; Vol. 19, pp. e00578. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Aug 29 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI:	10.1016/j.ohx.2024.e00578
Abstrakt:	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. Competing Interests: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. (© 2024 The Author(s).)
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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