Assembling an endcap to optical fibers by femtosecond laser welding and milling

被引：31

作者：

Helie, David ^{[1
]}

Gouin, Samuel ^{[1
]}

Vallee, Real ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Laval, Ctr Opt Photon & Lasers, Quebec City, PQ G1V 0A6, Canada

来源：

OPTICAL MATERIALS EXPRESS | 2013年 / 3卷 / 10期

基金：

加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会; 加拿大创新基金会;

关键词：

FILAMENTATION;

D O I：

10.1364/OME.3.001742

中图分类号：

T [工业技术];

学科分类号：

08 ;

摘要：

A novel method for assembling endcaps to optical fibers is presented. The method relies on femtosecond laser welding and milling of a glass slide to the polished end of the fiber. The fiber is welded to the glass slide in the cladding region so as to seal the core area without affecting its optical transparency. The same laser is used to mill through the glass slide thereby shaping a microscopic endcap with a diameter slightly larger than that of the fiber. The method was applied to both a standard and a microstructured optical fiber. Preliminary results are also presented on femtosecond laser welding parallel to an interface showing the potential of this approach for optical fiber fusion splicing. (C) 2013 Optical Society of America

引用

页码：1742 / 1754

页数：13

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