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Optimizing the process for fabricating microstructured optical fiber

Bzheumikhov, K.A., Margushev, Z.C., Savoyskiy, Y.V.

Publication in Journal of Optical Technology

For Russian citation (Opticheskii Zhurnal):

Бжеумихов К.А., Маргушев З.Ч., Савойский Ю.В. Оптимизация технологического процесса изготовления микроструктурированного оптического волокна // Оптический журнал. 2017. Т. 84. № 2. С. 71–80.

Bzheumikhov K.A., Margushev Z.Ch., Savoyskiy Yu.V. Optimizing the process for fabricating microstructured optical fiber [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2017. V. 84. № 2. P. 71–80.

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

K. A. Bzheumikhov, Z. Ch. Margushev, and Yu. V. Savoĭskiĭ, "Optimizing the process for fabricating microstructured optical fiber," Journal of Optical Technology. 84(2), 122-129 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.84.000122

Abstract:

This paper is devoted to the optimization of the “stack-and-draw” process for fabricating microstructured solid-core optical fiber, based on the Box–Wilson (steep-ascent) mathematical method. As a result, a road map of a multistage process has been developed for producing fiber from silicate AR-GLAS. It is shown that such an approach can be used to optimize the production of polycapillary structures for optical applications.

Keywords:

polycapillary structure, microstructured optical fiber, photonic-crystal fiber, stack-and-draw method, Box–Wilson method

OCIS codes: 060.2280, 060.4005

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