CN103278883A - Method for selective filling of photonic crystal optical fiber - Google Patents
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Provided is a method for selective filling of a photonic crystal optical fiber. Through micro control, a polystyrene microsphere is located above an air hole of the photonic crystal optical fiber at a specific position, the polystyrene microsphere is melt at high temperature to plug the air hole of the photonic crystal optical fiber, then under the capillary action, wax oil in a molten state enters other open air holes of the photonic crystal optical fiber, a liquid level is higher than the position where the plugging molten microsphere is located, then a section, immersed by the wax oil, of the photonic crystal optical fiber is reserved, and finally the photonic crystal optical fiber is obtained, wherein the air hole at the specific position of one end of the photonic crystal optical fiber is open and other air holes are sealed. The method is simple and flexible to operate, equipment is simple and practical, and meanwhile multiple air holes at any position can be selectively filled. The method is suitable for the situation that diameters of the air holes of the photonic crystal optical fiber are little in difference, and plays an important role in a large quantity of materials with a selective filling function in the photonic crystal optical fiber.
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The present invention relates to a kind of selectivity and fill the technical method of photonic crystal fiber, this method can realize opening of any several airports of photonic crystal fiber or closure, and the functional material of selectivity filling widely in the photonic crystal fiber is played a key effect.
Background technology
Photonic crystal fiber (PCF) claims microstructured optical fibers (MOF) or porous optical fiber (Holey fiber) again, is the distributing microscale airport of periodic arrangement of fibre core and covering on the PCF cross section with the ordinary optic fibre difference, and along axial unlimited the extension.This makes them show the characteristic that is better than ordinary optic fibre, as not having by unimodular property, high birefringence characteristic, peculiar multicore and multimode coupled characteristic etc.And PCF has the structure of flexible design and special transmission mechanism, enter PCF space and condition are provided for filling various functional materials, these characteristics can greatly be widened the application of PCF, design and develop more novel tunable and sensor fibre device.
It is the certain optical properties that an important method changes photonic crystal fiber that selectivity is filled, and such as the adjustable PCF of birefringence, crooked sensitive PCF etc. fill the optical fiber pore by selectivity to obtain.In recent years, selectivity is filled the method for photonic crystal fiber and the emphasis that technological means becomes people's concern.People such as L.Xiao are at " Fabrication of selective injection microstructured opticalfibers with a conventional fusion splicer ", propose to use the closed interstitial hole simultaneously in heat sealing machine arc discharge method realization hollow optic fibre covering hole to open among the Opt.Express13,9014-9022 (2005).Electric arc is set puts a volume duration, intensity and fiber end face are apart from discharge centers length, and the concrete reason of their generation effects of theoretical analysis, do the most appropriate condition that of experiment grouping contrast, become the common method of making most of liquid-core optical fibres.People such as C.M.B.Cordeiro exist " Lateral access to the holes of photonic crystalfibers-selective filling and sensing applications; " Opt.Express14, propose among the 8403-8412 (2006) by using air pressure and optical fiber splicer, realize that by blowing the hole method on the optical fiber wall functional liquid side direction enters solid light photonic crystal fiber covering hole, the perhaps center pit of hollow-core photonic crystal fiber.But these methods only are suitable for the fibre core aperture size of hollow optic fibre apparently higher than the PCF in covering aperture, and can only fill independent center pit.Because the periodic arrangement of the airport of optical fiber directly influences sensing and the communication characteristic of PCF, therefore, how selectivity is filled the airport position of PCF and the emphasis that number becomes technical concern.People such as J.Ju exist " Selectiveopening of airholes in photonic crystal fiber; " Opt.Lett.35, realize that with fiber end face welding single-mode fiber method silicon dioxide shutoff institute is porose among the 3886-3888 (2010), utilize the femtosecond laser boring method to select to open any hole of PCF.People such as M.Vieweg exist " Ultrafast nonlinear optofluidics in selectively liquid-filled photonic crystal fibers; " Opt.Express18, use broadband compactedness femtosecond oscillator to realize dirigibility and unique closed airport as the two-photon laser direct writing method of pumping source among the 25232-25240 (2010), fill high non-linearity liquid afterwards to photonic crystal fiber.But these method programs are numerous and diverse, and employed apparatus expensive is bigger to the loss ratio of optical fiber.The technical method that the selectivity that we propose the present invention in the national patent " based on the interferometric sensor of functional material selectivity filled micro-structure optical fiber " (application number 201210281481.9) of first to file is filled photonic crystal fiber has carried out practical application, obtain functional material filled microstructure optical fiber sensing device, and obtain achievement in research more efficiently.The present invention further applies for regard to the specific implementation method of selectivity filling photonic crystal fiber method.
Summary of the invention
The objective of the invention is at above-mentioned situation, it is simple and easy to propose a kind of operation, the selectivity fill method of the pore of the photonic crystal fiber (PCF) that equipment is simple and practical.Can selectivity fill a plurality of pores of optional position simultaneously, and be applicable to the little situation of air aperture yardstick difference of PCF.
For achieving the above object, the technical solution adopted in the present invention is:
By little polystyrene microsphere of controlling, it is placed into the PCF airport top of ad-hoc location, the pore of high temperature melting polystyrene microsphere shutoff PCF, an end of PCF shutoff immerses in the wax oil of molten state then, enter into the pore of all the other foldings by the capillary action wax oil, and liquid level exceeds the fusing bead position of shutoff, remove a bit of of PCF port shutoff bead with the cutting of jewel cutter at last, keep a section of wax oil submergence, obtain the folding of an end ad-hoc location pore, and the PCF of the sealing of residue pore.Fill functional material and get ready to the particular air holes of PCF for realizing follow-up selectivity.
Described polystyrene microsphere selects size slightly higher than the size of required filling PCF pore.Get some beads and be placed on the microslide, the suction-operated of microslide makes that the surface disperses to spread out one deck bead, outwells the unnecessary bead in upper strata as far as possible, chooses bead when making things convenient for microoperation.Described microoperation method uses the draw point that is fixed on the D translation platform as the operation tentacle, and draw point need be polished into the size that can reach a magnitude of PCF pore at certain-length upper prong portion size.Static is with in the terminal friction of draw point, a scattered polystyrene microsphere on microscopically operation draw point Electrostatic Absorption microslide.The PCF end is processed into comparatively smooth, the end xsect be adjusted in the field of microscope.Handle to adhere to the draw point end of polystyrene microsphere, bead touched the pore place of PCF end face ad-hoc location, remove draw point rapidly, make that bead inertia breaks away from draw point after, be adsorbed on PCF pore place.The use spiral handle of described D translation platform rotates control and moves horizontally, and the fine setting degree of accuracy is 1.39 μ m/ °.Described high temperature melting polystyrene microsphere method is that the electric welding head is fixed on the D translation platform, the side of the most advanced and sophisticated contact of operation electric welding PCF, and near the terminal position that adsorbs bead.Open the electric welding switch, temperature is at 400 ℃, and microscopically is observed bead fusing degree during heating, removes the electric welding tip when bead is melted into liquid state fully, and liquid solidifies complete shutoff pore after cooling a period of time.It is that the beaker that will hold solid state wax melts the transparent wax oil of formation after water-bath under the temperature more than 70 ℃ that described wax oil obtains method.
Fill a plurality of pore methods for when first bead partly melts, removing electric welding, second bead of microoperation melts to the pore place part of ad-hoc location, the pore of the PCF that need fill by this method shutoff successively, remove when a plurality of beads of an electric welding heating and melting are to complete liquid state at last, the cooling curing bead, the needed a plurality of pores of shutoff.
Advantage of the present invention is: operate that simple and easy flexibly equipment is simple and practical, can selectivity fill a plurality of pores of photonic crystal fiber optional position, be applicable to the little special circumstances of air aperture yardstick difference of photonic crystal fiber simultaneously.
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The present invention is further described below in conjunction with drawings and Examples.
Fig. 1 is that the structure that realizes the selectivity fill method is formed synoptic diagram;
Among the figure: the 1st, CCD; The 2nd, microscope; The 3rd, the draw point that polishing is good; The 4th, computing machine; The 5th, used photonic crystal fiber in the example, the 6th, D translation platform;
Fig. 2 is the cross-sectional view of the hollow microstructured optical fibers of simple type that uses among the embodiment;
Among the figure: the 7th, host material; The 8th, the covering pore; The 9th, the hollow optic fibre fibre core;
Fig. 3 is the photonic crystal fiber end face micrograph of draw point and a microballoon of shutoff;
Fig. 4 is the end profile micrograph of the photonic crystal fiber in a hole of shutoff;
Fig. 5 is the photonic crystal fiber end face micrograph of only center pit folding.
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Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing the present invention is described further.
Embodiment: the instrument that uses the monodispersed polystyrene sphere about 30 μ m to fill as selectivity.Referring to shown in Figure 1, microscope 2 is imaged among the CCD1, uses computing machine 4 demonstration in real time that connects CCD and records the process that selectivity is filled photonic crystal fiber (PCF).As filling the bead instrument, pin has certain oblique lower angle sticking and on a horizontal bridge that is fixed on D translation platform 6, adjusts needle position in field of microscope with good draw point 3 needle points (about 20um) of polishing.Behind bonding a certain size the bead of syringe needle, motionless in the visual field, hollow microstructured optical fibers 5 end faces of simple type are vertically placed up, with microscopical D translation platform adjustment PCF end face in microscopic field.Among the hollow microstructured optical fibers cross-sectional structure of Fig. 2 simple type figure, host material 7 is pure earth silicon material, surrounding layer circular diameter 170 μ m, a circle covering pore 8 that is distributing and surrounded by the silicon dioxide thin-walled at host material 7, wall thickness is about 500nm, the circular diameter that these holes surround is 70 μ m, forms the covering hole, and this PCF is by band gap guiding effect leaded light.The hollow optic fibre fibre core 9 sexangle length of sides 15 μ m, the result who finally reaches is that center pit can be filled functional material.PCF is terminal as shown in Figure 3 joins with syringe needle, and mobile draw point is handled bead and snapped in the center pit.The electric welding head is fixed on the D translation platform, follow syringe needle with quadrat method contacts side surfaces PCF distal portion, conduction is heated and is made bead melt slightly that (the polystyrene sphere heat distortion temperature is 70～80 ℃, 240 ℃ of fusing points), treat the bead change of shape, remove rapidly, the cooled and solidified polystyrene, fill out the whole sexangle hole in envelope center (as shown in Figure 4), if there is not complete shutoff center pit cross section, add stifled 1～2 bead of fusion again with said method, make the complete shutoff of center pit, finished the closure in a selected hole like this.
The PCF that makes selectivity filling center pit also needs to use on this basis (the fusing point 50-60 of solid state wax ℃), the small beaker of dress solid state wax is placed in 100 ℃ of hot water, the center pit shutoff the terminal wax oil that immerses after dissolving of PCF in, wax oil is inhaled in remaining six holes by capillary action, stop after one minute, excision contains a bit of PCF end of bead, stays the PCF (as shown in Figure 5) of folding center pit.Certainly according to the needs of solution, can also use ultraviolet glue to replace wax oil, perhaps other colloids.
Though in conjunction with thinking most realistic at present and illustrated embodiments has been described the present invention, but the invention is not restricted to the disclosed embodiments, and be intended to cover various deformation included within the spirit and scope of claims and equivalent device.
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1. a selectivity is filled the method for photonic crystal fiber, described method characteristics are to use terminal 3 absorption of microneedle and mobile polystyrene microsphere to photonic crystal fiber 5 sections, make in the airport of the optional position of its shutoff photonic crystals optical fiber structure and a plurality of numbers, realize that selectivity filling functional material in the photonic crystal fiber pore, forms the different functional photonic crystal fibers with optimization characteristics.
2. method according to claim 1, the concrete implementation step that selectivity is filled photonic crystal fiber is: the polystyrene microsphere of selecting suitable dimension for use, by little polystyrene microsphere of controlling, it is placed into the photonic crystal fiber airport top of ad-hoc location, the pore of high temperature melting polystyrene microsphere shutoff photonic crystal fiber, an end of photonic crystal fiber shutoff immerses in the wax oil of molten state then, enter into the pore of all the other foldings by the capillary action wax oil, and liquid level exceeds the fusing bead position of shutoff, at last with jewel cutter cutting a bit of of photonic crystal fiber port shutoff bead that deluster, keep a section of wax oil submergence, obtain the folding of an end ad-hoc location pore, and the photonic crystal fiber of the sealing of residue pore.
3. implementation step according to claim 2, described microoperation method uses the microneedle of the size that is fixed on the magnitude of photonic crystal fiber pore on the D translation platform 6 terminal as the operation tentacle, at polystyrene microsphere of the terminal Electrostatic Absorption of microscopically operation microneedle, handle the microneedle end that adheres to polystyrene microsphere, bead is contacted and be placed on photonic crystal fiber pore place.
4. implementation step according to claim 2, described high temperature melting polystyrene microsphere method is that the electric welding head is fixed on the D translation platform, the side of the most advanced and sophisticated contact of operation electric welding photonic crystal fiber, and near the position of placing bead, remove the electric welding tip when bead is melted into liquid state fully, liquid solidifies complete shutoff pore after cooling a period of time.
5. implementation step according to claim 2, it is that the beaker candle after water-bath under the temperature more than 70 ℃ that will hold solid state wax is melted into transparent wax oil that described wax oil obtains method.
6. method according to claim 1, fill a plurality of pore methods for when first bead partly melts, removing electric welding, second bead of microoperation melts to the pore place part of ad-hoc location, the pore of the photonic crystal fiber that need fill by this method shutoff successively, remove when a plurality of beads of an electric welding heating and melting are to complete liquid state at last, the cooling curing bead, the needed a plurality of pores of shutoff.
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