Simple method of fabrication tapered fiber

Fabio Vega; Cesar Torres; Leonardo Diaz; L. Mattos

doi:10.1117/12.2025275

18 November 2013 Simple method of fabrication tapered fiber

Fabio Vega, Cesar Torres, Leonardo Diaz, L. Mattos

Proceedings Volume 8785, 8th Iberoamerican Optics Meeting and 11th Latin American Meeting on Optics, Lasers, and Applications; 87852D (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2025275
Event: 8th Ibero American Optics Meeting/11th Latin American Meeting on Optics, Lasers, and Applications, 2013, Porto, Portugal

Abstract

This paper presents a simple method for manufacturing fiber tapered through elongation, by the combination of heating with a butane torch and controlled stretch. Reducing the diameter of the multimode fiber of 100 microns to 10 microns, the displacement of the fiber is performed through bipolar stepping motors with one driver L293B and one PIC16F628A microcontroller for controlling movement. The system allows control of the desired fiber diameter up to 10 microns; the results are seen in a microscope and a rule of separation 2.5μm micrometer to calculate the diameter of the fiber.

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Fabio Vega, Cesar Torres, Leonardo Diaz, and L. Mattos "Simple method of fabrication tapered fiber", Proc. SPIE 8785, 8th Iberoamerican Optics Meeting and 11th Latin American Meeting on Optics, Lasers, and Applications, 87852D (18 November 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2025275

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