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Fabrication of an Optical Fiber Micro-Sphere with a Diameter of Several Tens of Micrometers

A new method to fabricate an integrated optical fiber micro-sphere with a diameter within 100 µm, based on the optical fiber tapering technique and the Taguchi method is proposed. Using a 125 µm diameter single-mode (SM) optical fiber, an optical fiber taper with a cone angle is formed with the tape...

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Autores principales: Yu, Huijuan, Huang, Qiangxian, Zhao, Jian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5455815/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28788111
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma7074878
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author Yu, Huijuan
Huang, Qiangxian
Zhao, Jian
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description A new method to fabricate an integrated optical fiber micro-sphere with a diameter within 100 µm, based on the optical fiber tapering technique and the Taguchi method is proposed. Using a 125 µm diameter single-mode (SM) optical fiber, an optical fiber taper with a cone angle is formed with the tapering technique, and the fabrication optimization of a micro-sphere with a diameter of less than 100 µm is achieved using the Taguchi method. The optimum combination of process factors levels is obtained, and the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of three quality evaluation parameters and the significance of each process factors influencing them are selected as the two standards. Using the minimum zone method (MZM) to evaluate the quality of the fabricated optical fiber micro-sphere, a three-dimensional (3D) numerical fitting image of its surface profile and the true sphericity are subsequently realized. From the results, an optical fiber micro-sphere with a two-dimensional (2D) diameter less than 80 µm, 2D roundness error less than 0.70 µm, 2D offset distance between the micro-sphere center and the fiber stylus central line less than 0.65 µm, and true sphericity of about 0.5 µm, is fabricated.
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spelling pubmed-54558152017-07-28 Fabrication of an Optical Fiber Micro-Sphere with a Diameter of Several Tens of Micrometers Yu, Huijuan Huang, Qiangxian Zhao, Jian Materials (Basel) Article A new method to fabricate an integrated optical fiber micro-sphere with a diameter within 100 µm, based on the optical fiber tapering technique and the Taguchi method is proposed. Using a 125 µm diameter single-mode (SM) optical fiber, an optical fiber taper with a cone angle is formed with the tapering technique, and the fabrication optimization of a micro-sphere with a diameter of less than 100 µm is achieved using the Taguchi method. The optimum combination of process factors levels is obtained, and the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of three quality evaluation parameters and the significance of each process factors influencing them are selected as the two standards. Using the minimum zone method (MZM) to evaluate the quality of the fabricated optical fiber micro-sphere, a three-dimensional (3D) numerical fitting image of its surface profile and the true sphericity are subsequently realized. From the results, an optical fiber micro-sphere with a two-dimensional (2D) diameter less than 80 µm, 2D roundness error less than 0.70 µm, 2D offset distance between the micro-sphere center and the fiber stylus central line less than 0.65 µm, and true sphericity of about 0.5 µm, is fabricated. MDPI 2014-06-25 /pmc/articles/PMC5455815/ /pubmed/28788111 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma7074878 Text en © 2014 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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Fabrication of an Optical Fiber Micro-Sphere with a Diameter of Several Tens of Micrometers
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title_full Fabrication of an Optical Fiber Micro-Sphere with a Diameter of Several Tens of Micrometers
title_fullStr Fabrication of an Optical Fiber Micro-Sphere with a Diameter of Several Tens of Micrometers
title_full_unstemmed Fabrication of an Optical Fiber Micro-Sphere with a Diameter of Several Tens of Micrometers
title_short Fabrication of an Optical Fiber Micro-Sphere with a Diameter of Several Tens of Micrometers
title_sort fabrication of an optical fiber micro-sphere with a diameter of several tens of micrometers
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5455815/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28788111
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma7074878
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