Mid-infrared hollow core fiber drawn from a 3D printed chalcogenide glass preform
Julie Carcreff, François Cheviré, Elodie Galdo, Ronan Lebullenger, Antoine Gautier, Jean‐Luc Adam, David Le Coq, Laurent Brilland, Radwan Chahal, Gilles Renversez, Johann Trolès
Abstract
We report the fabrication of a microstructured optical fiber drawn from a soft glass 3D printed preform. For this proof of concept, a chalcogenide glass that is well known for its capability to be shaped at low temperature and its mid-infrared transmission was selected: Te 20 As 30 Se 50 . The obtained negative curvature hollow core fiber shows several transmission bands in the 2–12 µm range that are reproduced numerically using finite element-based simulations and coupled mode theory.
Topics & Concepts
Materials scienceChalcogenide glassChalcogenideCore (optical fiber)Photonic-crystal fiberFabricationHard-clad silica optical fiberOptical fiberOpticsPlastic-clad silica fiberAll-silica fiberFiberCurvatureInfraredGlass fiberOptoelectronicsPlastic optical fiberComposite materialFiber optic sensorPhysicsMedicineMathematicsPathologyAlternative medicineGeometryPhotonic Crystal and Fiber OpticsPhase-change materials and chalcogenidesLaser Material Processing Techniques