Research Progress in Application of Additive Manufacturing in Special Silica Optical Fibers Fabrication

Yushi Chu; Jianzhong Zhang; Gang-Ding Peng

doi:10.3788/LOP202259.1516003

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Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
Vol. 59, Issue 15, 1516003 (2022)

Research Progress in Application of Additive Manufacturing in Special Silica Optical Fibers Fabrication

Yushi Chu^1、2, Jianzhong Zhang^1、*, and Gang-Ding Peng³

Author Affiliations

¹Key Laboratory of In-Fiber Integrated Optics of Ministry of Education, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, Heilongjiang , China

²Fiber Optical Sensing Center for Excellence, Yantai Research Institute, Harbin Engineering University, Yantai 264006, Shandong , China

³School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, The University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia

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Yushi Chu, Jianzhong Zhang, Gang-Ding Peng. Research Progress in Application of Additive Manufacturing in Special Silica Optical Fibers Fabrication[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2022, 59(15): 1516003 Copy Citation Text

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$Optimization scheme of additive manufacturing technology. (a)-(e) Process of Fabrication of the step-index silica optical fiber using DLP additive manufacturing technology; (f) refractive index distribution of sintered preform; (g) loss spectrum of the multimode optical fiber[17]$

Fig. 1. Optimization scheme of additive manufacturing technology. (a)-(e) Process of Fabrication of the step-index silica optical fiber using DLP additive manufacturing technology; (f) refractive index distribution of sintered preform; (g) loss spectrum of the multimode optical fiber^[17]

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$Additive manufacturing of BEDF. (a) Structure of silica fiber preform; (b) temperature settings for debinding and pre-sintering; (c) temperature variation during fiber drawing; (d) cross section of BEDF; (e) end face of BEDF and its element distribution; (f)-(g) refractive index distribution of single-core BEDF and seven-core BEDF; (h) loss spectrum of single-core BEDF and seven-core BEDF; (i) emission spectrum of single-core BEDF; (j)-(l) mode analysis of the single-core BEDF[18]$

Fig. 2. Additive manufacturing of BEDF. (a) Structure of silica fiber preform; (b) temperature settings for debinding and pre-sintering; (c) temperature variation during fiber drawing; (d) cross section of BEDF; (e) end face of BEDF and its element distribution; (f)-(g) refractive index distribution of single-core BEDF and seven-core BEDF; (h) loss spectrum of single-core BEDF and seven-core BEDF; (i) emission spectrum of single-core BEDF; (j)-(l) mode analysis of the single-core BEDF^[18]

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Year	Component			Method	Size /mm	Resolution	Ref.
Year	Glass	Dopant	Monomer	Method	Size /mm	Resolution	Ref.
2015	SiO₂	-	-	FDM	~100	millimeters	［22］
2017	SiO₂	Cr/V/Au	HEMA	DLP	1-10	tens of microns	［24］
2017	SiO₂	-	Tetraglyme	DIW	10-20	~100 μm	［29］
2018	SiO₂	-	TEOS	DLP	10-20	hundreds of microns	［30］
2018	SiO₂	Ti	TEOS	DIW	10-20	tens of microns	［31］
2018	SiO₂	Eu/Tb/Ce	HEMA	SLA	1-10	tens of microns	［26］
2020	SiO₂	YAG∶Ce	HEMA	SLA	20-90	tens of microns	［27］
2020	SiO₂	P/B	UA	DLP	20-90	tens of microns	［28］
2020	SiO₂	$G e O_{2}$	TEOS	DIW	1-10	microns	［32］
2021	SiO₂	-	HEMA	TPP	20-90	microns	［33］
2021	SiO₂	-	PVB	IM	10-20	tens of microns	［34］
2022	SiO₂	-	TMPETA	CAL	1-10	tens of microns	［35］

Table 1. Additive manufacturing of the silica glasses

Year	Preform			Fiber					Ref.
Year	Printing method	Structure	Size /mm	Type	Size /μm	Cladding material	Core material	Loss	Ref.
2019	DLP	solid	D=25， L=50-100	single mode	d=131， d_c=4	SiO₂	SiO₂-GeO₂-TiO₂	13.4@532 13.9@660 114@1550	［17］
2019	DLP	solid	D=25， L=50-100	multi-mode	d=242， d_c=14	SiO₂	SiO₂-GeO₂-TiO₂	11@1300 5.8@1550	［17］
2019	SLS	solid	D=12	multi-mode	d=200	SiO₂	SiO₂	23@800 28@1100	［20］
2019	SLS	microstructure	D=40	-	-	-	-	-	［20］
2020	DIW	solid	D=2， L=7	multi-mode	d=100， d_c=40	fluoride	SiO₂∶Er	63@980 152@1535	［19］
2020	SLS	solid	D=18	-	d=150， d=11	SiO₂	SiO₂-GeO₂	8.32@800 24@1100	［21］
2020	SLS	microstructure	D=38	-	-	-	-	-	［21］
2021	DLP	microstructure	D=12， L= 20	-	d=110	SiO₂	SiO2∶Yb	11@800 14@1100	［40］
2022	DLP	solid	D=22， L=40-100	single mode	d= 80， d_c=3.5	SiO₂	SiO₂-GeO₂-TiO₂∶ Al/Bi/Er	9.6@1300 6@1550	［18］
2022	DLP	solid	D=22， L=40-100	seven-cores	d=150， d_c=3-11	SiO₂	SiO₂-GeO₂-TiO₂∶ Al/Bi/Er	10.7@633	［18］

Table 2. Additive manufacturing of the silica optical fibers

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