CN220121033U - Manufacturing equipment for photonic crystal fiber connector - Google Patents
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A manufacturing device of a photonic crystal fiber connector comprises: the device comprises a shaft aligning device, a fixing device and a light emitting device, wherein the shaft aligning device comprises a rotatable clamp, a microscope and a fixing clip, the photonic crystal fiber is placed on the rotatable clamp to be clamped, the microscope is arranged in front of one end face of the photonic crystal fiber, and the fixing clip is arranged on the photonic crystal fiber to be positioned; the optical fiber fusion splicer is positioned at one side outside the shaft equipment; and the optical fiber grinder is positioned at one side outside the optical fiber fusion splicer. The manufacturing equipment of the photonic crystal fiber connector is used for manufacturing the photonic crystal fiber connector, and the counter shaft equipment is arranged to perform counter shaft on the photonic crystal fiber first, and then welding and end face grinding and polishing are performed, so that the success rate and the production efficiency of the photonic crystal fiber connector are improved.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of photonic crystal fiber manufacturing, in particular to manufacturing equipment of a photonic crystal fiber connector.
Background
Photonic crystal fibers are fibers formed using a periodic dielectric structure of photonic crystals, and are formed by arranging a series of mutually perpendicular cylindrical crystals, typically made of silicon dioxide or gallium oxide, etc., which are periodically and repeatedly combined to form a porous core portion having a regular structure and air hole portions surrounding the porous core portion. This structure allows the photonic crystal fiber to have a higher refractive index and a larger transmission aperture than conventional optical fibers, thereby enabling better single-mode transmission performance and lower optical loss.
In the prior art, the manufacturing method of the photonic crystal fiber connector comprises the steps of firstly melting the photonic crystal fiber at high temperature to enable an air hole in the photonic crystal fiber to be partially closed, then inserting the air hole into an optical fiber core inserting hole after the air hole is closed, and processing the connector by using an optical fiber grinder.
The utility model aims to provide a device structure suitable for a manufacturing method of a photonic crystal fiber connector, and by arranging a pair shaft device, the pair shaft device is used for firstly carrying out shaft alignment on a photonic crystal fiber, and then carrying out welding and end face grinding and polishing, so that the success rate and the production efficiency of the photonic crystal fiber connector are improved.
Disclosure of Invention
The utility model aims to: in order to overcome the defects, the utility model aims to provide the manufacturing equipment of the photonic crystal fiber connector, which is simple in structure, is used for manufacturing the photonic crystal fiber connector, and has the advantages that the shaft aligning equipment is arranged, the photonic crystal fiber is firstly subjected to shaft aligning, then the end face is subjected to welding and end face grinding polishing, the success rate and the production efficiency of the photonic crystal fiber connector are improved, and the application prospect is wide.
The technical scheme is as follows: a manufacturing device of a photonic crystal fiber connector comprises:
the device comprises a shaft aligning device, a fixing device and a light emitting device, wherein the shaft aligning device comprises a rotatable clamp, a microscope and a fixing clip, the photonic crystal fiber is placed on the rotatable clamp to be clamped, the microscope is arranged in front of one end face of the photonic crystal fiber, and the fixing clip is arranged on the photonic crystal fiber to be positioned;
the optical fiber fusion splicer is positioned at one side outside the shaft equipment;
and the optical fiber grinder is positioned at one side outside the optical fiber fusion splicer.
The manufacturing equipment of the photonic crystal fiber connector is used for manufacturing the photonic crystal fiber connector, and the counter shaft equipment is arranged to perform counter shaft on the photonic crystal fiber first, and then welding and end face grinding and polishing are performed, so that the success rate and the production efficiency of the photonic crystal fiber connector are improved.
The manufacturing equipment of the photonic crystal fiber connector has the following working process:
1. and (3) shaft alignment: placing the photonic crystal fiber on a rotatable clamp, and clamping the photonic crystal fiber by the rotatable clamp; the cross section of the photonic crystal fiber can be observed through a microscope transversely arranged in front of the to-be-welded end surface of the photonic crystal fiber, and the rotatable clamp is rotated until the photonic crystal fiber is rotated to a proper position, and then the photonic crystal fiber is positioned by using the fixed clamp;
2. welding: the photonic crystal fiber with the aligned shaft and the fixing clip are moved to an optical fiber fusion splicer at one side, and the optical fiber fusion splicer can conveniently realize alignment due to the existence of the fixing clip; then, placing a coreless optical fiber with the same thickness on the other side of the optical fiber fusion splicer, and fusing the two optical fibers together through proper discharge intensity;
3. manufacturing a photonic crystal fiber connector: continuously utilizing a fixing clip to realize the alignment of the photonic crystal fiber and the fiber ferrule, penetrating the welded photonic crystal fiber into the fiber ferrule, dripping fixing glue to bond the photonic crystal fiber and the fiber ferrule together, and curing the glue to obtain a photonic crystal fiber connector;
4. grinding: and (3) placing the photonic crystal fiber connector into an optical fiber grinder at one side for end face grinding and polishing to finally obtain the photonic crystal fiber connector.
Further, the device for manufacturing the photonic crystal fiber connector further comprises:
and the optical fiber cutting equipment is used for cutting the 0-degree end face of the photonic crystal fiber.
Before the photonic crystal fiber is aligned, cutting an end face to be welded of the photonic crystal fiber by using fiber cutting equipment at an angle of 0 DEG; the same thick and thin coreless fiber as the photonic crystal fiber fusion splice also requires 0-degree end facet cutting by a fiber cutting apparatus.
Further, the above-mentioned photonic crystal fiber connector's preparation equipment, rotatable anchor clamps include:
the rotatable clamp seat is provided with a clamping groove matched with the photonic crystal fiber to clamp;
the clamp pressing block is arranged on the rotatable clamp seat and is used for being matched with the clamping groove of the clamp body to fix the photonic crystal fiber.
Furthermore, in the manufacturing equipment of the photonic crystal fiber connector, the length of the limit clamp groove is the same as that of the fiber clamp.
The first clamp base, the first initial limiter and the first last limiter of the limiting clamp groove are used for fixing the optical fiber clamp and achieving the purpose of cutting the optical fiber in a fixed length.
Furthermore, in the manufacturing equipment of the photonic crystal fiber connector, the fixing clip is composed of 2 clamping plates which are oppositely arranged.
2 clamping plates which are oppositely arranged are adjusted to enable the inner side surfaces of the clamping plates to be clung to the outer side surfaces of the photonic crystal fibers.
Further, the device for manufacturing the photonic crystal fiber connector, the device for aligning the shaft further comprises:
and the rotatable microscope stand is arranged on the rotatable microscope stand, and the rotatable microscope stand is arranged in front of one end face of the photonic crystal fiber.
By arranging the rotatable microscope stand, the cross section of the photonic crystal fiber is convenient to observe by a microscope.
Furthermore, in the manufacturing equipment of the photonic crystal fiber connector, the microscope is a 100-time microscope.
The beneficial effects of the utility model are as follows: the manufacturing equipment of the photonic crystal fiber connector is simple in structure and convenient to operate, the optical fiber is firstly subjected to shaft alignment by arranging the shaft alignment equipment, and then welded and end face ground and polished, so that the success rate and the production efficiency of the photonic crystal fiber connector are improved, and the application prospect is wide.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a device for fabricating a photonic crystal fiber connector according to the present utility model;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a rotatable fixture for a shaft-aligning apparatus of a photonic crystal fiber connector fabrication apparatus according to the present utility model;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a microscope structure of a pair of shaft equipment of the photonic crystal fiber connector manufacturing apparatus according to the present utility model;
FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of a fixing clip for a shaft device of the apparatus for manufacturing a photonic crystal fiber connector according to the present utility model;
FIG. 5 is a working process diagram of a manufacturing method of a photonic crystal fiber connector manufacturing apparatus according to the present utility model;
in the figure: the optical fiber splicing device comprises a shaft equipment 1, a rotatable clamp 11, a rotatable clamp seat 111, a clamping groove 1111, a clamp press block 112, a microscope 12, a fixed clamp 13, a clamping plate 131, a rotatable microscope stand 14, an optical fiber splicing machine 2, an optical fiber grinder 3, an optical fiber cutting equipment 4, a photonic crystal fiber a and a photonic crystal fiber end face b to be spliced.
Detailed Description
The utility model will be further elucidated with reference to figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and specific examples.
Example 1
As shown in fig. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, the manufacturing equipment of the photonic crystal fiber connector has a simple structure, comprises a pair of shaft equipment 1, an optical fiber fusion splicer 2 and an optical fiber grinder 3, and has the following working processes:
1. and (3) shaft alignment: placing the photonic crystal fiber a on a rotatable clamp 11, and clamping the photonic crystal fiber a by the rotatable clamp 11; the cross section of the photonic crystal fiber a can be observed through a microscope 12 transversely arranged in front of the end face b to be welded of the photonic crystal fiber, and the rotatable clamp 11 is rotated until the photonic crystal fiber a is rotated to a proper position, and the photonic crystal fiber a is positioned by a fixing clamp 13;
2. welding: the photonic crystal fiber a with the aligned shaft and the fixing clip 13 are moved to the optical fiber fusion splicer 2 at one side, and the optical fiber fusion splicer 2 can be conveniently aligned due to the fixing clip 13; then, placing a coreless optical fiber with the same thickness on the other side of the optical fiber fusion splicer, and fusing the two optical fibers through proper discharge intensity to integrate the two optical fibers, wherein the process is to fuse the optical fiber end caps;
3. manufacturing a photonic crystal fiber connector: the photonic crystal fiber a and the optical fiber core insert are aligned by continuously utilizing the fixing clamp 13, the welded photonic crystal fiber a is penetrated into the optical fiber core insert, the photonic crystal fiber a and the optical fiber core insert are bonded together by dripping the fixing glue, and after the glue is solidified, the photonic crystal fiber connector becomes firmer, so that the influence of external environment and vibration on the photonic crystal fiber connector is prevented; the design is to avoid displacement and looseness of the optical fiber connector at the joint, thereby influencing the transmission quality of optical signals;
4. grinding: the photonic crystal fiber connector is put into the fiber grinder 3 at one side for end face grinding and polishing, so that the quality and the precision of the end face of the photonic crystal fiber connector are ensured, and the optical signal can be transmitted as accurately as possible.
Example 2
The structural basis based on embodiment 1 above is shown in fig. 5.
The manufacturing equipment of the photonic crystal fiber connector further comprises fiber cutting equipment 4, wherein before the photonic crystal fiber a is aligned, the fiber cutting equipment 4 is used for cutting the end face b of the photonic crystal fiber to be welded by 0-degree; the same thick coreless fiber as the one fused to the photonic crystal fiber a also needs to be cut at 0-degree end face by the fiber cutting apparatus 4.
Example 3
The structural basis based on embodiment 1 or embodiment 2 above is shown in fig. 3 and 4.
The fixing clamp 13 consists of 2 clamping plates 131 which are oppositely arranged, and the inner side surface of the fixing clamp is tightly attached to the outer side surface of the photonic crystal fiber by adjusting the 2 clamping plates which are oppositely arranged, so that the positioning and the subsequent alignment with the optical fiber fusion splicer 2 and the optical fiber ferrule are better realized.
Further, the microscope 12 adopts a 100 times microscope, the microscope 12 is arranged on the rotatable microscope stand 14, and the microscope is more convenient to observe the cross section of the photonic crystal fiber by arranging the rotatable microscope stand.
The foregoing is merely a preferred embodiment of the utility model, and it should be noted that modifications could be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the principles of the utility model, which modifications would also be considered to be within the scope of the utility model.
Claims (6)
1. The manufacturing equipment of photonic crystal fiber connector, characterized by, include:
the device comprises a shaft device (1), wherein the shaft device (1) comprises a rotatable clamp (11), a microscope (12) and a fixed clamp (13), a photonic crystal fiber is placed on the rotatable clamp (11) for clamping, the microscope (12) is arranged in front of one end face of the photonic crystal fiber, and the fixed clamp (13) is arranged on the photonic crystal fiber for positioning;
the optical fiber fusion splicer (2), the optical fiber fusion splicer (2) is positioned at one side outside the shaft equipment (1);
and the optical fiber grinder (3) is positioned at one side outside the optical fiber fusion splicer (2).
2. The apparatus for manufacturing a photonic crystal fiber stub according to claim 1, further comprising:
and the optical fiber cutting device (4) is used for cutting the 0-degree end face of the photonic crystal fiber.
3. The apparatus for manufacturing a photonic crystal fiber connection head according to claim 1, wherein the rotatable jig (11) comprises:
the rotatable clamp seat (111), wherein a clamping groove (1111) matched with photonic crystal fiber clamping is formed in the rotatable clamp seat (111);
the clamp pressing block (112), be provided with clamp pressing block (112) on rotatable anchor clamps seat (111), clamp pressing block (112) are used for cooperating clamping groove (1111) fixed photon crystal optic fibre of anchor clamps body (11).
4. The apparatus for manufacturing a photonic crystal fiber connection according to claim 1, wherein the fixing clip (13) is composed of 2 oppositely disposed clamping plates (131).
5. The apparatus for manufacturing a photonic crystal fiber connection head according to claim 1, wherein the pair of shaft apparatuses (1) further comprises:
a rotatable microscope stand (14), the microscope (12) being disposed on the rotatable microscope stand (14), the rotatable microscope stand (14) being disposed in front of one end face of the photonic crystal fiber.
6. The apparatus for fabricating a photonic crystal fiber connection according to claim 1, wherein the microscope (12) is a 100-fold microscope.
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