TY - JOUR
T1 - Polymer optical fiber tapering using hot water
AU - Mizuno, Yosuke
AU - Ujihara, Hiroki
AU - Lee, Heeyoung
AU - Hayashi, Neisei
AU - Nakamura, Kentaro
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The Japan Society of Applied Physics.
PY - 2017/6
Y1 - 2017/6
N2 - We perform a pilot trial of highly convenient taper fabrication for polymer optical fibers (POFs) using hot water. A >380-mm-long POF taper is successfully fabricated, and its >150-mm-long waist has a uniform outer diameter of >230 μm. The shape is in good agreement with the theoretical prediction. The optical loss dependence on the strain applied to the waist shows an interesting behavior exhibiting three regimes, the origins of which are inferred by microscopic observations. We then discuss the controllability of the taper length.
AB - We perform a pilot trial of highly convenient taper fabrication for polymer optical fibers (POFs) using hot water. A >380-mm-long POF taper is successfully fabricated, and its >150-mm-long waist has a uniform outer diameter of >230 μm. The shape is in good agreement with the theoretical prediction. The optical loss dependence on the strain applied to the waist shows an interesting behavior exhibiting three regimes, the origins of which are inferred by microscopic observations. We then discuss the controllability of the taper length.
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U2 - 10.7567/APEX.10.062502
DO - 10.7567/APEX.10.062502
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85020164076
SN - 1882-0778
VL - 10
JO - Applied Physics Express
JF - Applied Physics Express
IS - 6
M1 - 062502
ER -