This lecture is on fiber-optics that consist of strands of optical fibers made from pure glass and sometime plastics that are as thin as a human hair to carry digital data information over long distances.
This lecture is on fiber-optics that consist of strands of optical fibers made from pure glass and sometime plastics that are as thin as a human hair to carry digital data information over long distances.
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■ What is Nanofibers
■ Properties of Nanofibers
■ Production of Nanofibers
■ Advantage and Disadvantage of Nanofibers
■ Application of nanofibers
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Fiber optics transports light in a very directional way. Light is focused into and guided through a cylindrical glass fiber. Inside the core of the fiber light bounces back and forth at angles to the side walls, making its way to the end of the fiber where it eventually escapes. The light does not escape through the side walls because of total internal reflection.
Novel effects can occur in materials when structures are formed with sizes comparable to any one of many possible length scales, such as the de Broglie wavelength of electrons, or the optical wavelengths of high energy photons. In these cases quantum mechanical effects can dominate material properties. One example is quantum confinement where the electronic properties of solids are altered with great reductions in particle size. The optical properties of nanoparticles, e.g. fluorescence, also become a function of the particle diameter. This effect does not come into play by going from macrosocopic to micrometer dimensions, but becomes pronounced when the nanometer scale is reached.
Nanofiber Technology & different techniques. Eliminating the use of solvent MEK. Suitable solvents with different Techniques to produce nanofiber coatings. Applications of nanofiber technology. Market analysis and startup project team build up for the same.
Fiber optics (optical fibers) are long, thin strands of very pure glass about the diameter of a human hair. They are arranged in bundles called optical cables and used to transmit light signals over long distances.
Content
■ History of Nanofibers.
■ What is Nanofibers
■ Properties of Nanofibers
■ Production of Nanofibers
■ Advantage and Disadvantage of Nanofibers
■ Application of nanofibers
Garth naar - fiber optics and its applicationsgarthnaar
Fiber optics transports light in a very directional way. Light is focused into and guided through a cylindrical glass fiber. Inside the core of the fiber light bounces back and forth at angles to the side walls, making its way to the end of the fiber where it eventually escapes. The light does not escape through the side walls because of total internal reflection.
Novel effects can occur in materials when structures are formed with sizes comparable to any one of many possible length scales, such as the de Broglie wavelength of electrons, or the optical wavelengths of high energy photons. In these cases quantum mechanical effects can dominate material properties. One example is quantum confinement where the electronic properties of solids are altered with great reductions in particle size. The optical properties of nanoparticles, e.g. fluorescence, also become a function of the particle diameter. This effect does not come into play by going from macrosocopic to micrometer dimensions, but becomes pronounced when the nanometer scale is reached.
Nanofiber Technology & different techniques. Eliminating the use of solvent MEK. Suitable solvents with different Techniques to produce nanofiber coatings. Applications of nanofiber technology. Market analysis and startup project team build up for the same.
Fiber optics (optical fibers) are long, thin strands of very pure glass about the diameter of a human hair. They are arranged in bundles called optical cables and used to transmit light signals over long distances.
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3. Introduction
You hear about fiber-optic cables whenever
people talk about the telephone system, the
cable TV system or the Internet.
Fiber-optic lines are strands of optically pure
glass as thin as a human hair that carry digital
information over long distances.
They are also used in medical imaging and
mechanical engineering inspection.
4. What are Fiber Optics?
Fiber optics (optical fibers) are long, thin
strands of very pure glass about the
diameter of a human hair.
They are arranged in bundles called
optical cables and used to transmit light
signals over long distances.
5. What are Fiber Optics?
If you look closely at a single optical fiber,
you will see that it has the following parts:
Core - Thin glass center of the fiber where
the light travels
Cladding - Outer optical material
surrounding the core that reflects the light
back into the core
Buffer coating - Plastic coating that protects
the fiber from damage and moisture
9. What are Fiber Optics?
Single-mode fibers have small cores (about 3.5 x 104 inches or 9 microns in diameter) and transmit infrared
laser light (wavelength = 1,300 to 1,550 nanometers).
Multi-mode fibers have larger cores (about 2.5 x 10-3
inches or 62.5 microns in diameter) and transmit infrared
light (wavelength = 850 to 1,300 nm) from light-emitting
diodes (LEDs).
Some optical fibers can be made from plastic . These
fibers have a large core (0.04 inches or 1 mm diameter)
and transmit visible red light (wavelength = 650 nm) from
LEDs.
10. How Does an Optical Fiber
Transmit Light?
Suppose you want to shine a flashlight beam down a
long, straight hallway.
Just point the beam straight down the hallway -- light
travels in straight lines, so it is no problem. What if the
hallway has a bend in it?
You could place a mirror at the bend to reflect the light
beam around the corner.
What if the hallway is very winding with multiple bends?
You might line the walls with mirrors and angle the beam
so that it bounces from side-to-side all along the hallway.
This is exactly what happens in an optical fiber.
12. How Does an Optical Fiber
Transmit Light?
The light in a fiber-optic cable travels through the core
(hallway) by constantly bouncing from the cladding
(mirror-lined walls), a principle called total internal
reflection .
Because the cladding does not absorb any light from the
core, the light wave can travel great distances.
However, some of the light signal degrades within the
fiber, mostly due to impurities in the glass. The extent
that the signal degrades depends on the purity of the
glass and the wavelength of the transmitted light
14. Advantages of Fiber Optics
Less expensive .
Thinner
Higher carrying capacity
Less signal degradation Light signals Low
power Digital signals Non-flammable
Lightweight
Flexible Medical imaging
- in bronchoscopes, endoscopes, laparoscopes
Mechanical imaging - inspecting mechanical welds in pipes
and engines (in airplanes, rockets, space shuttles, cars)
Plumbing - to inspect sewer lines
15. How Are Optical Fibers Made?
Now that we know how fiber-optic systems work and why
they are useful -- how do they make them? Optical fibers
are made of extremely pure optical glass .
We think of a glass window as transparent, but the
thicker the glass gets, the less transparent it becomes
due to impurities in the glass.
However, the glass in an optical fiber has far fewer
impurities than window-pane glass.
One company's description of the quality of glass is as follows: If
you were on top of an ocean that is miles of solid core optical
fiber glass, you could see the bottom clearly.
16. How Are Optical Fibers Made?
Making optical fibers requires the following
steps:
Making a preform glass
Drawing the fibers from
Testing the fibers
cylinder
the preform
17. Making the Preform Blank
The glass for the
preform is made by a
process called
modified chemical
vapor deposition
(MCVD).
18. Making the Preform Blank
In MCVD, oxygen is bubbled through solutions
of silicon chloride (SiCl4), germanium chloride
(GeCl4) and/or other chemicals.
The precise mixture governs the various
physical and optical properties (index of
refraction, coefficient of expansion, melting
point, etc.).
The gas vapors are then conducted to the inside
of a synthetic silica or quartz tube
(cladding) in a special lathe . As the lathe turns,
a torch is moved up and down the outside of the
tube.
19. Making the Preform Blank
The extreme heat from the torch causes
two things to happen:
The silicon and germanium react with oxygen,
forming silicon dioxide (SiO2) and germanium
dioxide (GeO2).
The silicon dioxide and germanium dioxide
deposit on the inside of the tube and fuse
together to form glass
20. Making the Preform Blank
The lathe turns continuously to
make an even coating and
consistent blank.
The purity of the glass is
maintained by using corrosionresistant plastic in the gas
delivery system (valve blocks,
pipes, seals) and by precisely
controlling the flow and
composition of the mixture.
The process of making the
preform blank is highly
automated and takes several
hours. After the preform blank
cools, it is tested for quality
control.
21. Drawing Fibers from the Preform
Blank
Once the preform blank has
been tested, it gets loaded into
a fiber drawing tower .
Diagram of a fiber
drawing tower used to
draw optical glass fibers
from a preform blank.
The blank gets lowered into a
graphite furnace (3,452 to
3,992 degrees Fahrenheit or
1,900 to 2,200 degrees
Celsius) and the tip gets
melted until a molten glob falls
down by gravity. As it drops, it
cools and forms a thread.
22. Drawing Fibers from the Preform
Blank
The operator threads the strand
through a series of coating cups
(buffer coatings) and ultraviolet
light curing ovens onto a tractorcontrolled spool.
The tractor mechanism slowly
pulls the fiber from the heated
preform blank and is precisely
controlled by using a laser
micrometer to measure the
diameter of the fiber and feed
the information back to the
tractor mechanism.
Fibers are pulled from the blank
at a rate of 33 to 66 ft/s (10 to
20 m/s) and the finished product
is wound onto the spool. It is not
uncommon for spools to contain
more than 1.4 miles (2.2 km) of
optical fiber.
23. Testing the Finished Optical Fiber
The finished optical fiber is tested
for the following:
Tensile strength
Refractive index profile
Fiber geometry
Attenuation
Information carrying
capacity (bandwidth)
Chromatic dispersion )
Operating
temperature/humidity range
Temperature dependence of
attenuation
Ability to conduct light
underwater