Summary of the invention
The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of metal core microstructure fiber and preparation method thereof, to solve the above-mentioned problems in the prior art.
According to one aspect of the present invention, the invention provides a kind of preparation method of metal core microstructure fiber, the method comprises the following steps:
Use silica glass to prepare hollow kapillary;
Surface treated metal bar is put into the quartz glass sleeve of an end closure, then drawn out metal-cored kapillary;
Prepare fibre-optical mandrel, and by regularly arranged around plug the metal-cored kapillary making, the regularly arranged described hollow kapillary of metal-cored skin capillaceous;
The above-mentioned structure arranging is put into overcoat quartz glass tube, then draw out metal core microstructure fiber.
As further preferably, be pure silica glass for the manufacture of the material of described quartz glass sleeve and overcoat quartz glass tube.
As further preferably, the surface treatment of metal bar is comprised sand papering, removes surface impurity, deionized water rinsing and the step such as naturally dry with rare nitric acid.
As further preferably, the material of described fibre-optical mandrel is pure quartz or the quartz that is mixed with co-dopant, and the material of described metal bar is gold or silver or copper.
As further preferably, softening point temperature+50 that are silica glass for the preparation of metal-cored wire-drawing temperature capillaceous ℃~200 ℃ of left and right; Be softening point temperature+50 ℃~100 ℃ of left and right of silica glass for the preparation of the wire-drawing temperature of heating of metal core microstructure fiber.
As further preferably, the metal core microstructure fiber drawing out comprises sandwich layer, regularly arranged around sandwich layer and by multiple metal-cored inner claddings that form from inside to outside successively, and the regularly arranged periphery at inner cladding the surrounding layer being made up of multiple airports.
As further preferably, described metal-cored upwards regularly arranged around plug in optical fiber footpath, be for example upwards arranged in regular hexagon, square, equilateral triangle or acute angle in optical fiber footpath and be the rhombus of 60 °.
As further preferably, in described metal core microstructure fiber, described metal-cored diameter is 500nm~3000nm, and the spacing between adjacent metal core is 600nm~4000nm.
According to another aspect of the present invention, a kind of novel metal core microstructure fiber is provided, this metal core microstructure fiber from inside to outside comprises successively:
Sandwich layer;
Be arranged in around sandwich layer, by multiple metal-cored inner claddings that form; And
The surrounding layer that is arranged in the periphery of inner cladding, is formed by multiple airports; Wherein
The quartz glass sleeve drawing that described metal-cored kapillary is put into an end closure by surface treated metal bar forms.
As further preferably, the material of described sandwich layer is that substrate material is pure quartz or the quartz that is mixed with co-dopant, and the material of described metal bar is gold or silver or copper.Described co-dopant comprises that a kind of or rare earth ion in germanium, fluorine, phosphorus compound is as one or more in erbium, ytterbium, thulium etc.
As further preferably, form the metal-cored upwards regularly arranged around plug in optical fiber footpath of described inner cladding, be for example upwards arranged in regular hexagon, square, equilateral triangle or acute angle in optical fiber footpath and be the rhombus of 60 °.
As further preferably, the metal-cored cross section that forms described inner cladding is regular hexagon or rectangle.
As further preferably, in described metal core microstructure fiber, described metal-cored diameter is 500nm~3000nm, and the spacing between adjacent metal core is 600nm~4000nm.
According to metal core microstructure fiber of the present invention and preparation method thereof, by one deck or which floor airport near the metal-cored replacement photonic crystal fiber fibre core that is nanometer scale with diameter, when entering photon frequency in optical fiber and intrinsic plasma frequency while approaching, most of photon can resonate with the unbound electron of metallic surface, and electronic vibration produces surface plasma wave and propagates forward along metal-dielectric surface.Surface plasma wave along fiber axis to propagation constant along with reducing of fibre diameter constantly increase, this characteristic makes surface plasma wave can break through the restriction of the Diffraction of light wave limit, thereby has solved the problem that light wave cannot be propagated in sub-wavelength waveguide.Light carry signal can pass to the form of surface plasma wave metal-cored, and a kind of conductor of metal-cored conduct can with nanoelectronic connection, metal core microstructure fiber is learned and other optical signalling process field have distinctive advantage at nano photoelectric son.
Embodiment
Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, the present invention is specifically described.
Fig. 1 is the method flow diagram for the manufacture of metal core microstructure fiber according to the present invention.As shown in Figure 1, the invention provides a kind of preparation method of metal core microstructure fiber, this preparation method comprises the following steps:
Prepare the hollow kapillary of both ends open with silica glass;
Metal bar is smooth with sand papering, and be placed on and in rare nitric acid, soak appropriate time to remove surface impurity, then take out metal bar, rinse well and naturally dry afterwards; The quartz glass sleeve of metal bar after above-mentioned surface treatment for example golden rod, silver-colored rod or copper rod being put into an end closure, then draws out metal-cored kapillary by drawing heating furnace; The temperature of drawing heating furnace can be set according to the softening temperature of silica glass, for example, be set as softening point temperature+50 ℃~200 ℃ of left and right of glass material;
Using substrate material is that pure quartz or the quartz that is mixed with co-dopant are prepared fibre-optical mandrel, and by regularly arranged around plug the metal-cored kapillary making, the regularly arranged described hollow kapillary of metal-cored skin capillaceous;
By putting into the overcoat quartz glass tube of an end closure after the above-mentioned structure one end sintering arranging, then this overcoat quartz glass tube is suspended in drawing heating furnace.Set the Heating temperature of process furnace according to the softening temperature of silica glass, softening point temperature+50 that are for example silica glass by this Temperature Setting ℃~100 ℃.Startup vacuum unit externally overlaps Glass tubing and vacuumizes, and starts process furnace.At the temperature of setting, draw out the metal core microstructure fiber that external diameter is 100 μ m~200 μ m;
In aforesaid operations step, the material of manufacturing quartz glass sleeve and overcoat quartz glass tube is pure silica glass material.
In aforesaid operations step, due to metal-cored regularly arranged around plug in metal core microstructure fiber, guarantee that in optical fiber, the plasma waves on adjacent two metal-cored surfaces intercouples, and then realize energy localization, in the background material of energy limited between adjacent metal core, make it have very strong immunity from interference, difficult generation is crosstalked.This metal core microstructure fiber has stronger controllability, can be by changing metal-cored diameter and adjacent metal core spacing in optical fiber, and regulate the balance between limitation capability and the loss of metal core microstructure fiber, thereby meet the different needs.Thus, metal core microstructure fiber is as a kind of optical fiber of novel texture, and wherein the structural and optical characteristic of the metallic core means of sub-wavelength diameter is interconnected at photoelectricity, and there is unique advantage the aspects such as Fibre Optical Sensor.
2-12 specifically describes respectively according to the preferred embodiments of the present invention below with reference to accompanying drawings.
Embodiment 1
The first step: with external diameter be 27.5mm, it is 1.5mm that the quartz glass sleeve of wall thickness 10.3mm is drawn into external diameter at 1800 ℃, the hollow kapillary of both ends open.
Second step: be 5mm by diameter, long 30cm, silver that purity is 99.99% rod is smooth with sand papering, and is placed in rare nitric acid and soaks 10~15 minutes to remove surface impurity, then takes out silver rod deionized water and rinses well and naturally dry afterwards.Silver rod after above-mentioned surface treatment is put into the quartz glass sleeve of an end closure, sleeve pipe external diameter is 27.5mm, and inner face is that the length of side is the regular hexagon of 4mm.Then, the quartz glass sleeve that is placed with silver rod is suspended in drawing heating furnace.At 1800 ℃, drawing out external diameter is the silver-colored core kapillary of 1.5mm.
The 3rd step: the pure quartz glass bar that is 1.5mm with external diameter, as plug, becomes regular hexagon to be arranged in around plug in 6 silver-colored core kapillaries that draw by above-mentioned the 3rd step, the outer hollow kapillary of arranging the first step drawing.
The 4th step: structure is fixed the said structure one end sintering arranging, putting into external diameter is 90.5mm, and wall thickness 36.25mm, in the overcoat quartz glass tube of an end closure.Then, the above-mentioned overcoat quartz glass tube that arranges structure that is placed with is suspended in drawing heating furnace.Startup vacuum unit externally overlaps quartz glass tube and vacuumizes, and starts process furnace.At 1800 ℃, draw out the metal core microstructure fiber that external diameter is 125um.
Fig. 2 is according to the structural representation of embodiments of the invention 1.As shown in Figure 2, metal-cored 1 cross section is regular hexagon, and its inscribed circle diameter is 500nm, and the diameter of airport 2 is 500nm, and adjacent metal core spacing is 600nm, and the material of fibre core 3 is pure silica glass, and outer 4 material is pure silica glass.
Fig. 4 is the metallic core diameter of embodiment 1 shown in Fig. 2 and the propagation distance graphic representation of corresponding surface plasma wave.As shown in Figure 4, when changing the metal-cored length of side in this example, its inscribed circle diameter is changed between 500nm~2000nm, and other structural parameter are while remaining unchanged, in optical fiber, the propagation distance of surface plasma wave also changes.As can be seen from the figure, affect the propagation distance of surface plasma wave thereby change loss that metal-cored diameter just can change optical fiber, and the limitation capability of optical fiber also can change thereupon.According to all embodiment of the present invention, metal-cored diameter range is 500~3000nm, and adjacent metal core spacing is 600~4000nm.By research, in the time that metal-cored diameter and adjacent metal core spacing are within the scope of these two, in metal core microstructure fiber, surface plasma wave resonance characteristic and band gap characteristics of plasma are more obvious.
By research, in the case of metal-cored diameter be adjacent metal core spacing 50% or be greater than 50%, it is circular metal core microstructure fiber that the limitation capability that metal-cored cross section is orthohexagonal metal core microstructure fiber is obviously greater than metal-cored cross section.
Embodiment 2
Fig. 5 is according to the structural representation of embodiments of the invention 2.In the present embodiment, use the sleeve pipe that wall thickness is 11.4mm instead except the first step, the sleeve pipe inner face that second step is used instead in gold rod and the second step of diameter 3mm is that the length of side is outside the square hole of 4.8mm, and other is with example 1.
As shown in Figure 5, the metal-cored cross section that wire drawing makes is rectangle.The diameter of metal-cored 1 the length of side and airport 2 is 500nm, and the spacing of adjacent metal core is 3000nm, and the material of fibre core 3 is pure silica glass, and outer 4 material is pure silica glass.
By research, in the time that metal-cored cross section is rectangle, the limitation capability of metal core microstructure fiber is stronger, and has a very high tolerance to the structure being caused by manufacturing process is asymmetric, in tolerance, metallic core diameter changes the character such as limitation capability and the loss impact of optical fiber very little.
Fig. 6 is the mould field pattern of embodiment 2 shown in Fig. 5.
Embodiment 3
Fig. 7 is according to the structural representation of embodiments of the invention 3.Use the sleeve pipe that wall thickness is 2.4mm instead except the first step, the sleeve pipe inner face that second step is used instead in silver rod and the second step of diameter 10mm is that internal diameter is outside the circular hole of 22.8mm, and other is with example 1.
As shown in Figure 7, metal-cored 1 and the diameter of airport 2 be 500nm, adjacent metal core spacing is 600nm, the material of fibre core 3 is pure silica glass, outer 4 material is pure silica glass.
As shown in Figure 8, be the mould field pattern of the present embodiment.
As shown in Figure 9, curve m=1~4 are respectively the effective refractive index graphic representation of single silver-colored line surface 1~4 rank surface plasmon polaritons in this exemplary optical fiber, and core mode curve is the effective refractive index graphic representation of the photonic crystal fiber after the filamentary silver of removing in metal core microstructure fiber.The wavelength that intersections of complex curve is corresponding is the excitation wavelength of surface plasma.
Embodiment 4
Figure 10 is according to the structural representation of embodiments of the invention 4.Except the first step is used the sleeve pipe that wall thickness is 3.4mm instead, second step is used the gold rod that diameter is 10mm instead, sleeve pipe inner face in second step is that internal diameter is that to use external diameter instead be that 33mm inner face is that the length of side is the foursquare overcoat quartz glass tube of 18mm to outer and the 4th step of the circular hole of 20.5mm, with the quartz glass bar of mixing germanium as plug, gold core kapillary is lined up outside square, and other is with example 1.
As shown in figure 10, metal-cored 1 and the diameter of airport 2 be 1500nm, the spacing of adjacent metal core is 2000nm, the material of fibre core 3 is for mixing germanium silica glass, outer 4 material is pure silica glass.
Embodiment 5
Figure 11 is according to the structural representation of embodiments of the invention 5.Except the first step is used the sleeve pipe that wall thickness is 6mm instead, second step is used the gold rod that diameter is 10mm instead, sleeve pipe inner face in second step is that internal diameter is that outer and the 4th step of the circular hole of 15.7mm is used the overcoat quartz glass tube that external diameter is 26mm instead, with the quartz glass bar of mixing ytterbium as plug, gold core kapillary is lined up outside trilateral, and other is with example 1.
As shown in figure 11, metal-cored 1 and the diameter of airport 2 be 2000nm, the spacing of adjacent metal core is 3500nm, the material of fibre core 3 is the silica glass of mixing ytterbium, outer 4 material is pure silica glass.
In the present embodiment, the glass stick co-dopant that is mixed with co-dopant quartz can also comprise that rare earth ion is as one or more in erbium, ytterbium, thulium etc.By research, when in fibre core when doping with rare-earth ions, rare earth ion, as gain material, can compensate the part loss of surface plasma wave, makes surface plasma wave propagation distance longer.
Embodiment 6
Figure 12 is according to the structural representation of embodiments of the invention 6.Except the first step is used the sleeve pipe that wall thickness is 3.4mm instead, second step is used the copper rod that diameter is 10mm instead, sleeve pipe inner face in second step is that internal diameter is that outer and the 4th step of the circular hole of 20.5mm is used the overcoat quartz glass tube that external diameter is 22mm instead, with the quartz glass bar of er-doped as plug, it is that outside the rhombus of 60 °, other is with example 1 that gold core kapillary is lined up acute angle.
As shown in figure 12, metal-cored 1 and the diameter of airport 2 be 3000nm, the spacing of adjacent metal core is 4000nm, the silica glass that the material of fibre core 3 is er-doped, outer 4 material is pure silica glass.
The present invention is not only confined to above-mentioned embodiment; persons skilled in the art are according to content disclosed by the invention; can adopt other multiple embodiment to implement the present invention; therefore; every employing project organization of the present invention and thinking; do some simple designs that change or change, all fall into the scope of protection of the invention.