Fabrication of polymer tip on an optical fiber end-face by guided UV light

도파된 UV 빛에 의한 광섬유 단면의 폴리머 팁 제작

We have fabricated a down tapered polymer tip on optical fiber end-face by a guided UV light. One side of fiber was aligned with a mercury-xenon lamp and another was put into UV curable polymer. A shape of tip was controlled by adjusting an irradiance of lamp and time of exposure. A bending effect also affects the result. Optical characteristic was achieved preliminarily with solution of minute particles.