Hollow-core antiresonant terahertz fiber-based TOPAS extruded from a 3D printer using a metal 3D printed nozzle

Wanvisa Talataisong; Jon Gorecki; Lieke D. van Putten; Rand Ismaeel; James Williamson; Katie Addinall; Daniel Schwendemann; Martynas Beresna; Vasilis Apostolopoulos; Gilberto Brambilla

doi:10.1364/PRJ.420672

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Photonics Research
Vol. 9, Issue 8, 1513 (2021)

Hollow-core antiresonant terahertz fiber-based TOPAS extruded from a 3D printer using a metal 3D printed nozzle

Wanvisa Talataisong^1、2、*, Jon Gorecki^1、3, Lieke D. van Putten¹, Rand Ismaeel^1、4, James Williamson⁵, Katie Addinall⁵, Daniel Schwendemann⁶, Martynas Beresna¹, Vasilis Apostolopoulos³, and Gilberto Brambilla¹

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¹Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK

²School of Physics, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, 30000, Thailand

³School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK

⁴National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK

⁵Centre for Precision Technologies, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, HD1 3DH, UK

⁶Institute for Material Science and Plastics Processing, University of Applied Sciences Eastern Switzerland, Rapperswil, 8640, Switzerland

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Wanvisa Talataisong, Jon Gorecki, Lieke D. van Putten, Rand Ismaeel, James Williamson, Katie Addinall, Daniel Schwendemann, Martynas Beresna, Vasilis Apostolopoulos, Gilberto Brambilla. Hollow-core antiresonant terahertz fiber-based TOPAS extruded from a 3D printer using a metal 3D printed nozzle[J]. Photonics Research, 2021, 9(8): 1513 Copy Citation Text

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Abstract

We report the use of a terahertz (THz) transparent material, cyclic olefin copolymer (COC or TOPAS), for fabricating a hollow-core antiresonant fiber that provides an electromagnetic wave guidance in the THz regime. A novel fabrication technique to realize a hollow-core antiresonant polymer optical fiber (HC-ARPF) for THz guidance is proposed and demonstrated. The fiber is directly extruded in a single-step procedure using a conventional fused deposition modeling 3D printer. The fiber geometry is defined by a structured nozzle manufactured with a metal 3D printer, which allows tailoring of the nozzle design to the various geometries of microstructured optical fibers. The possibility to use the HC-ARPF made from TOPAS for guiding in the THz region is theoretically and experimentally assessed through the profile of mode simulation and time-frequency diagram (spectrogram) analysis.