Optical Engineering, October 2009
Opt. Eng. 48, 100501 (2009) (3 pages)
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Fabrication of silicon optical fiber
Brian Scott,1
Ke Wang,1
Vincent Caluori,1 and
Gary Pickrell,2 MEMBER SPIE
1Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Materials Science and Engineering Department, 460 Turner Street, Suite 302 Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
2Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 304 Holden Hall, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
(Received: 18 May 2009; revised: 8 July 2009; accepted: 19 August 2009; published online: 30 October 2009)We experimentally demonstrate the fabrication of silicon optical fibers by using the powder-in-tube technique. The fibers are drawn from a preform utilizing a custom-made fiber drawing system. Silicon optical fibers having cladding diameters in the range of 40 to 240 µm, core diameters in the range of 10 to 100 µm, and an approximate overall length of 7 cm have been fabricated. The powder-in-tube technique is versatile and can be utilized to fabricate fibers with different dimensions and core/cladding materials. ©2009 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers
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