WO2004071977A1 - フォトニッククリスタルファイバの製造方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a photonic crystal fiber (hereinafter, referred to as “PCF”) having a fiber body including a core and a cladding (porous portion) provided to surround the core and having a plurality of pores extending along the core.
- PCF photonic crystal fiber
- An optical fiber composed of a core and a clad is very well known as a medium for transmitting light.
- PCF has attracted attention as an optical fiber that is capable of communication in a new wavelength range that could not be realized with conventional optical fibers, and is expected to speed up communication and reduce costs.
- the PCF has a core portion formed in the center of the fiber so as to be solid or hollow, and a cladding portion provided so as to surround the core portion and having a plurality of pores extending along the core portion. This PCF propagates light confined in the core surrounded by the cladding, but the wavelength dispersion of the light can be freely controlled by changing the size and spacing of the pores.
- a cylindrical support tube is filled with a plurality of cavities to be the clad so as to form the densest cross section, and a core rod to be a solid core is placed at the center axis position.
- a preform is manufactured by disposing or forming a core space serving as a hollow core portion at the center axis position, and the preform is heated and stretched to reduce the diameter. This method is called the “Stack” & “Draw” method, and is a versatile method because it is relatively easy to prepare a PCF with a large number of pores.
- the cylindrical cavities with the extremely small outer diameter to be filled roll freely around the circumference of the large-diameter cylindrical support tube. Position of the capillaries during filling of the capillaries in the pipe, there is a problem that it is extremely difficult to fill a plurality of cylindrical cavities in a cylindrical support pipe in a close-packed state because the cylindrical support pipe cannot be fixed in the support pipe.
- the capillaries 1 are not completely filled, leaving gaps between the capillaries 1 or the arrangement of the capillaries 1 being collapsed, and the core openings 2 forming the core.
- the center axis may deviate from the center axis of the support tube 3.
- the ratio of the capillaries 1 functioning as a photonic crystal after drawing is about 70%. Therefore, the cross-sectional profile of the inner wall of the support tube 3 is formed into a substantially regular hexagon so that the cavities 1 to be filled into the support tube 3 are closest packed to JP 2 0 9 7 0 3 4 A. Is described.
- Forming the inner wall of the support tube 3 into a substantially regular hexagon as described above is effective for the closest packing of the cavities 1.
- it is necessary to use a general grinding process. Therefore, the center of the cylindrical rod is precisely cross-sectioned. It is difficult to cut it into a substantially regular hexagon, and the length of the support tube 3 that can be processed is as short as at most about 20 Omm. Therefore, such a method is not suitable for producing a PCF having a long fiber length.
- the method of forming the inner wall of the support pipe 3 into a substantially regular hexagon is not feasible technically and cost-effectively.
- a polarization maintaining fiber that maintains the polarization state of propagating light and has high polarization stability is used.
- the use of the above-described PCF as a polarization-maintaining PCF by taking advantage of its chromatic dispersion characteristics is also being studied.
- devising the arrangement of the pores near the core or the core for example, changing the cross-sectional shape of the core to an elliptical or rectangular shape, or Some of the pores adjacent to the portion may have a diameter different from that of the other pores.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a PCF that can easily and surely tightly fill a cavity to be a clad portion.
- a solid or hollow core portion and a plurality of pores provided so as to cover the core portion and extending along the core portion are formed so as to surround the core portion.
- a method for manufacturing a photonic crystal fiber comprising: a core rod serving as a solid core and a plurality of cavities serving as a clad or a core serving as a hollow core in a support tube.
- the inner wall is composed of a core rod and a plurality of cavities, or a plurality of spacer pieces so as to form a substantially regular polygon capable of closest packing of a plurality of cavities. Characterized by disposing the spacer which is.
- the cross section of the inner wall of the support tube is provided between the support tube and the cavities by a core rod and a plurality of cavities, or a substantially regular polygon capable of close-packing the cavities.
- a spacer is formed.
- the spacer is composed of a plurality of spacer pieces, when the cross-sectional profile of the inner wall of the spacer is machined into a substantially polygonal shape, the inner wall of the spacer piece is formed into a predetermined shape.
- the shape can be easily and accurately processed, and it is possible to cope with a long support tube, and a PCF with a long fiber length can be manufactured.
- the cross-sectional profile of the inner wall of the support tube may be formed in a substantially regular hexagon by disposing the spacer.
- the cross-sectional profile of the spacer inner wall is substantially a regular hexagon. Therefore, when filling the support cavities with cylindrical cavities of the same diameter, one side of the inner wall of the spacer is laid out, and multiple cavities are arranged in parallel to form the first layer. Then, the work of placing the cavities so as to be arranged between a pair of cavities in the first layer and forming the second layer is repeated, whereby the support tubes can be filled with the cavities in the support tube in a close-packed manner. it can.
- the shape of the cross-sectional profile of the inner wall of the spacer is prepared by closely filling the spacer with the core rod and the plurality of cavities or the plurality of cavities.
- the dimensions may be set so that all cavities facing the inner wall of the spacer come into contact with the inner wall.
- the degree of freedom of the capillaries during the wire drawing process is extremely low, so that the displacement of the capillaries is more effectively suppressed. Also, by adjusting the shape of the cross-sectional profile of the inner wall of the spacer, it is possible to cope with various diameters of cabillaries.
- the method of manufacturing a PCF according to the present invention is characterized in that the shape of the substantially regular polygon forming the cross-sectional profile of the inner wall of the spacer is one-sixth of the maximum diameter of the cavities in which adjacent sides are filled in the support tube. It may be formed by being connected by an arc having a radius of 2 or less.
- the substantially polygonal inner wall contour shape of the spacer includes, besides a so-called polygon, for example, a shape having rounded corners such that adjacent sides are connected by an arc.
- the radius of the arc is 1 Z2 or less, which is the maximum diameter of the capillaries.
- the radius of the arc is larger than 1/2 of the maximum diameter of the capillaries, the capillaries located at the corners will not fit well, and the close-packing of the capillaries will be impaired from that part. Will be.
- the spacer may have a length between the support pipe and the support pipe. 4 001333
- It has a defective portion that constitutes a through hole extending in five directions, and a structure recognition pad or a cabillary may be fitted into the through hole.
- the structure recognition pad or the cavities are arranged in the defective portion between the spacer and the support pipe, and the wire is drawn.
- the PCF after the wire drawing is made inside the PCF.
- a structure recognition mark that has a certain arrangement relationship with the structure and is continuous in the fiber length direction will be provided. This structure recognition mark is effective for the polarization maintaining PCF to recognize the internal structure of the fiber.
- the polarization plane including the straight line connecting the center of a pair of polarization maintaining pores, (The plane perpendicular to the plane) can be easily recognized.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic sectional view of a preform for PCF according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a PCF according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a preform for polarization maintaining PCF according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a polarization maintaining PCF according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic configuration diagram of a general PCF manufacturing apparatus.
- FIG. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a conventional 'preform'. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
- FIG. 5 shows a commonly used PCF manufacturing apparatus 100.
- the PCF manufacturing apparatus 100 includes a suction chamber 50, a preform delivery device 51, a melting furnace 52, a hot water diameter control unit 53, and a winding unit 54.
- the suction chamber 150 is formed in a cylindrical shape having an upper surface, and is provided so as to be fitted from above the support tube 3 of the preform 15 described later.
- Suction An exhaust pipe extends from the side of the chamber 150 and is connected to a vacuum pump. Then, the vacuum pump depressurizes the inside of the suction chamber 150 and the support tube 3, that is, the outside of the cavity 1.
- the preform delivery device 51 is provided with a column 51 a extending in the vertical direction, a moving unit 51 b provided on the column 51 a so as to be vertically movable, and extending laterally from the moving unit 51 b. It has a preform holding section 51c. In the preform feeding device 51, the preform 15 is held vertically by the preform holding portion 51c, and the moving portion 51b moves from the top to the bottom on the support portion 51a. The preform 15 is sent to the melting furnace 52 at a predetermined speed.
- the melting furnace 52 is provided with a heater 52 a, takes in the lower part of the preform 15 into the inside thereof, and heats and melts the preform 15.
- the wire diameter control unit 53 is equipped with a wire diameter measuring device 53a, a wire diameter control unit 53b and a cabstan 53c.
- the outer diameter of the PCF 2 is measured and fed back to the feed speed of the preform 15 of the preform feeder 51 and the rotation speed of the capstan 53c via the wire diameter control unit 53b.
- the outer diameter of 0 is adjusted to a predetermined value.
- the winding section 54 includes a bobbin 54 a, a roller 54 b, and a dancer roller 54 c.
- the PCF 20 is transferred to the bobbin 54 a while keeping the obtained tension of the PCF 20 constant. It is to be wound up.
- a cylindrical support tube 3 and a set of quartz spacer pieces 4 having the same length as the support tube 3 are prepared.
- the spacer piece 4 has a shape obtained by halving a cylindrical tube in the circumferential direction, and its inner wall is concave so that its cross-sectional profile becomes a semi-regular hexagon. In the case of the present embodiment, two spacer pieces 4 constitute one set.
- the shape of the cross-sectional profile of the inner wall of the spacer 4 is determined when a preform 15 described later, which is manufactured by closely filling a plurality of cavities 1 in the spacer 4, is drawn into a fiber shape. All the cavities 1 facing the inner wall of the spacer 4 are dimensioned so as to contact the inner wall of the spacer 4.
- a plurality of cavities 1 and core rods 2 are filled into the support pipe 3 in a penetrating state. Specifically, one set of spacer pieces 4 is inserted into the support pipe 3, and then a large number of cavities 1 and core rods 2 are filled in the spacer 4. At this time, a plurality of cavities 1 are arranged in parallel so as to cover one surface of the inner wall of the spacer 4 to form a first layer, and a pair of cavities 1 in the first layer formed subsequently. The second layer is formed by placing the cabillary 1 so as to be arranged between them.
- the support tube 3 is filled with a plurality of cavities 1 and the core rod 2 Prepares a preform 15 arranged at the position of the center axis of the support tube 3.
- the spacer 4 is disposed in the support pipe 3 and then the cavities 1 are filled therein.
- the cavities 1 are filled in the spacer 4. 1 may be filled and then inserted into the support tube 3.
- both ends of the preform 15 may be heated to seal both ends of the cavity 1.
- the preform 15 produced in the preform production step is set in the preform holding section 51 c of the preform delivery device 51 described above. Further, the upper end of the support tube 3 of the preform 15 is fitted into the suction chamber 150.
- the preform feeding device 51 is operated, and the lower part of the preform 15 is operated. Is heated in a melting furnace 52 and drawn into a fiber form from the underside of the preform 15.
- the adjacent capillaries 1, the spacer pieces 4, the capillaries 1 and the spacer pieces 4, the capillaries 1 and the core rods 2, the spacer pieces 4 and the support pipes 3 are mutually fused and integrated. Become.
- a solid core 7 as shown in FIG. 2 and a clad 8 comprising a plurality of pores 9 provided so as to surround the core 7 and extending along the core 7.
- a support section 10 provided so as to cover them.
- PCF 20 is obtained.
- the outside diameter of the PCF 20 immediately after drawing is measured by the wire diameter measuring unit 53 a of the wire diameter control unit 53, and the preform feeding device is performed by the wire diameter control unit 53 b based on the measured outside diameter.
- the feed speed of the preform 15 and the rotation speed of the capstan 5 3 c are controlled to adjust the outer diameter of the PCF 20 to a predetermined value.
- the PCF 20 whose outer diameter is adjusted to a predetermined value is passed through the roller 54 b of the winding section 54 and the dancer roller 54 c, and at the same time, while applying a constant tension by the dancer roller 54 c. , Pobbins 5 4a wound up.
- the cross section of the inner wall of the support pipe 3 is provided between the support pipe 3 and the cabillary 1 in a manner that allows the core rod 2 and the plurality of cavities 1 to be packed in a close-packed manner.
- a spacer 4 that is formed in a square shape will be provided.
- the support pipe is formed by simply repeating the operation of forming the first layer and the operation of forming the second layer by mounting the cabillary 1 so as to be disposed between the pair of cavities 1 in the first layer.
- Capillaries 1 can be packed in 3 in a close-packed manner. As a result, the alignment and eccentricity of the cavities 1 in the support tube 3 can be prevented, and almost all of the cavities 1 are preformed in a state where the support tubes 3 are bundled in a close-packed state via the spacers 4. 15 is produced, and the preform 15 is drawn to be reduced in diameter, and approximately 100% of the filled cavities 1 function as a photonic crystal after the drawing. In addition, the filling rate of the capillary near the inner wall of the support tube 3 is not different from that around the core, so that the shrinkage of the bundle during drawing is uniform, and the gap formed in the bundle of bundles is uniform. 33
- the spacer 4 is composed of two spacer pieces 4 that can be divided in the circumferential direction, when the cross-sectional profile of the inner wall of the spacer 4 is formed into a semi-regular hexagon, The inner wall of the spacer piece 4 can be easily and accurately machined into a predetermined shape, and even when the spacer piece 4 is inserted into the support pipe 3, the support pipe 3 can be easily and reliably inserted.
- a spacer piece 4 can be arranged in the inside. In addition, this makes it possible to cope with a long support tube 3 and to manufacture a PCF 20 having a longer fiber length.
- the shape of the regular hexagonal inner wall contour of the spacer 4 is to reduce the diameter of the preform 4 made by closely filling the support tube 3 and the spacer 4 with the plurality of cavities 1 by drawing. At this time, all the cavities 1 facing the inner wall of the spacer 4 are dimensioned so as to be in contact with the inner wall. It will be more effectively deterred.
- the gap formed between the inner wall of spacer 4 and cabillary 1 at the time of producing the preform is set to be extremely small, and by filling cavillary 1 sequentially from near the inner wall of spacer 4.
- the outer diameter 1 2 5 core part 7 diameter 5 ⁇ 111? ⁇ ? 20 and an outer diameter of 125 ⁇ , and a core section 7 having a diameter of 2.5 Aim were produced, respectively.
- PCF 20 was produced in the same manner as in the present invention except that spacer pieces 4 were not provided.
- Table 1 shows the results.
- the deviation of the center axis is 1.1 / Xm in the comparative example and 0.15 / xm in the invention example. It can be said that the shift of the central axis is reduced to about 1 Z7 by the present invention.
- the deviation of the center axis is 0.8 ⁇ m in the comparative example and 0.2 / im in the invention example. It can be seen that the deviation has been reduced to about 1 to 4.
- the diameter of the filler 1 and the core rod 2 to be filled is increased, and the displacement due to misalignment increases accordingly.
- quartz small-diameter cylindrical cavities 1 Two quartz-structure-recognizing calibra- tions 6 to identify the internal structure of small-diameter fiber-made fibers, and two large quartz cavities
- Two cylindrical polarization maintaining cavities 5 with an outer diameter one cylindrical core rod 2 made of quartz with the same outer diameter and the same length as the cavities 1, and quartz shorter than the cabilli 1 and the core rod 2.
- a pair of quartz support pieces 4 having the same length as the support pipe 3 are prepared.
- the spacer piece 4 has a shape obtained by halving a cylindrical tube in the circumferential direction, and its inner wall is concave so that its cross-sectional profile becomes a semi-regular hexagon.
- Two spacer pieces 4 form one set.
- the shape of the cross-sectional profile of the inner wall of the spacer 4 is such that when a preform, which will be described later, manufactured by closest-packing a plurality of cavities 1 into the spacer 4, is drawn into a fiber shape, All cavities 1 facing the inner wall of spacer 4 are dimensioned to be in contact with the inner wall of spacer 4. Further, at the outer corner of each spacer piece 4, there is provided a cutout for disposing the structure recognition kyari 6.
- the structure-recognizing cab 6 is exemplified as a hollow cylinder, it may be a solid cylindrical mouth. In this case, it is more preferable that the refractive index of the structure recognition gallery 6 be different from that of other constituent materials so that the refractive index can be recognized as a structure recognition mark 11 described later after the drawing process.
- a plurality of cavities 1, two polarization maintaining cavities 5, two structure recognition cavities 6, and a core rod 2 are filled in the support tube 3 in a penetrating state.
- a pair of spacer pieces 4 was inserted into the support pipe 3, and the spacer piece 4 was formed between the spacer piece 4 and the support pipe 3.
- the structure-recognizing cavities 6 are fitted into the through holes and arranged.
- the spacers 4 are filled with a plurality of cavities 1 and core rods 2.
- a plurality of cavities 1 are arranged side by side so as to lay down one surface of the inner wall of the spacer 4 to form a first layer, and subsequently, between a pair of cavities in the first layer formed.
- the second layer is formed by placing the cavities 1 so as to be arranged.
- a plurality of layers are formed, and the core rod 2 is provided at the center axis position of the support tube 3, and the two polarization maintaining cavities 5 are provided at predetermined positions on the contact surface between the spacer pieces 4.
- the support tube 3 is filled with a plurality of cavities 1, and the core rod 2 is positioned at the center axis of the support tube 3, and the core rod 2 is positioned on the contact surface between the outer spacer pieces 4.
- a polarization preserving capillary 5 is provided at the position shown in FIG. 5, and a structure recognition capillary 6 is disposed at a position on the contact surface between the spacer pieces 4 that is in contact with the support tube 3 on the outside thereof. I do.
- the spacer 4 and the structure recognition capillary 6 are disposed in the support pipe 3, and then the cavities 1 are filled therein.
- the spacer 4 may be filled with the cabillary 1 and then inserted into the support tube 3 together with the structure-recognizing cabrilary 6.
- both ends of the preform 15 may be heated to seal both ends of the cavity 1.
- both ends of the preform 15 may be heated to seal both ends of the cavity 1.
- the preform 15 produced in the preform production step is drawn into a fiber by the same method as in the first embodiment.
- the tube 3, the spacer piece 4, the structure-recognizing cab 6, the structure-recognizing cab 6, and the support tube 3 are fused and integrated with each other. In this manner, a solid core portion 7 as shown in FIG.
- the PCF 20 functions as the polarization maintaining PCF 20, and the polarization maintaining capillary 5 and the structure recognition capillary 6. Is drawn at a predetermined position on the contact surface of the spacer piece 4, so that the obtained PCF 20 has a certain positional relationship with the internal structure of the fiber. A continuous structure recognition mark 11 is provided in the length direction of the fiber. As a result, the internal structure of the PCF 20 can be specified using the structure recognition mark 11 as a clue, and the position of the plane of polarization can be easily recognized.
- the spacer whose inner wall has a regular hexagonal cross section is used.
- the spacer is not particularly limited thereto. It may be a substantially regular hexagon whose corners are rounded such that the sides are connected by an arc.
- the radius of the arc be equal to or less than 1/2 of the maximum diameter of the capillaries. If the diameter is larger than 1/2 of the maximum diameter of the capillaries, the capillaries arranged at the corners will not fit properly, and the close-packing of the capillaries will be impaired from that part.
- the present invention is not limited to the present embodiment, and may have another configuration.
- Industrial applicability is not limited to the present embodiment, and may have another configuration.
- a solid or hollow core portion and a plurality of pores provided so as to cover the core portion and extending along the core portion are formed so as to surround the core portion. It is suitable for manufacturing a PCF having a clad portion and
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