Low-temperature, low-cost growth of robust ATR GeO2 hollow fibers based on copper capillary tubes for transmission of CO2 laser light

Chengbin Jing; Wei Bai; Zhigao Hu; Pingxiong Yang; Aiyun Liu; Fangtin Lin; Yiwei Shi; Junhao Chu

doi:10.1117/12.2036161

20 February 2014 Low-temperature, low-cost growth of robust ATR GeO₂ hollow fibers based on copper capillary tubes for transmission of CO₂ laser light

Chengbin Jing, Wei Bai, Zhigao Hu, Pingxiong Yang, Aiyun Liu, Fangtin Lin, Yiwei Shi, Junhao Chu

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Proceedings Volume 8938, Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Diagnostics and Treatment Applications XIV; 89380N (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2036161
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2014, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Attenuated total reflectance (ATR) infrared hollow waveguide attracts particular interest since it has both advantages of a hollow fiber and a light guiding mechanism similar to that of solid-core fibers. Presently, ATR hollow waveguides are mainly structured with single-crystal sapphire or glassy materials. These waveguides are somewhat brittle. More robust ATR hollow fibers are required in many military and domestic applications. In this work, ATR GeO₂ hollow waveguides were prepared based on a copper capillary tube for transmitting CO₂ laser light. The inner wall of the copper structural tube was polished using a high-pressure pulsed nanofluid technique. A hexagonal crystalline GeO₂ reflective layer with sufficient thickness (>4 μm) was grown on the inner tube wall via a simple liquid phase deposition process at room temperature. The GeO₂ coated copper hollow fiber exhibits a low-loss band within 10-11.5 μm. It can still be bent since the hollow-core size (1.4 mm) and the wall thickness (50 μm) are not too large. The transmissions of CO₂ laser light are 91% and 43% under a straight condition and a 90° bend with a 30-cm radius condition, respectively. The waveguide displays high heat-resisting properties due to high thermal conductivity of the copper substrate tube and a high melting point (1115°C) of the GeO₂ reflective layer. This work opens a door for low-temperature, low-cost growth of long ATR GeO₂ infrared hollow fibers based on various substrate tubes, even including plastic capillary tubes.

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Chengbin Jing, Wei Bai, Zhigao Hu, Pingxiong Yang, Aiyun Liu, Fangtin Lin, Yiwei Shi, and Junhao Chu "Low-temperature, low-cost growth of robust ATR GeO₂ hollow fibers based on copper capillary tubes for transmission of CO₂ laser light", Proc. SPIE 8938, Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Diagnostics and Treatment Applications XIV, 89380N (20 February 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2036161

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