Silver hollow optical fibers with acrylic silicone resin coating as buffer layer for sturdy structure

Katsumasa Iwai; Hiroyuki Takaku; Mitsunobu Miyagi; Yi-Wei Shi; Xiao-Song Zhu; Yuji Matsuura

doi:10.1117/12.2208314

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7 March 2016 Silver hollow optical fibers with acrylic silicone resin coating as buffer layer for sturdy structure

Katsumasa Iwai, Hiroyuki Takaku, Mitsunobu Miyagi, Yi-Wei Shi, Xiao-Song Zhu, Yuji Matsuura

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Proceedings Volume 9702, Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Diagnostics and Treatment Applications XVI; 97020Z (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2208314
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2016, San Francisco, California, United States

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For sturdy silver hollow optical fibers, acrylic silicone resin is newly used as a buffer layer between an inner silver layer and a silica capillary. This acrylic silicone resin film prevents the glass surface from chemical and mechanical micro damages during silver plating process, which deteriorate mechanical strength of the hollow fibers. In addition, it keeps high adhesion of the silver layer with the glass surface. We discuss improvement of mechanical strength of the hollow glass fibers without deterioration of optical properties.

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Katsumasa Iwai, Hiroyuki Takaku, Mitsunobu Miyagi, Yi-Wei Shi, Xiao-Song Zhu, and Yuji Matsuura "Silver hollow optical fibers with acrylic silicone resin coating as buffer layer for sturdy structure", Proc. SPIE 9702, Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Diagnostics and Treatment Applications XVI, 97020Z (7 March 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2208314

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