Hollow-core antiresonant terahertz fiber-based TOPAS extruded from a 3D printer using a metal 3D printed nozzle

Wanvisa Talataisong; Jon Gorecki; Lieke Dorine van Putten; Rand Ismaeel; James Williamson; Katie Addinall; Daniel Schwendemann; Martynas Beresna; Vasilis Apostolopoulos; Gilberto Brambilla

doi:10.1364/PRJ.420672

Hollow-core antiresonant terahertz fiber-based TOPAS extruded from a 3D printer using a metal 3D printed nozzle

Wanvisa Talataisong, Jon Gorecki, Lieke Dorine van Putten, Rand Ismaeel, James Williamson, Katie Addinall, Daniel Schwendemann, Martynas Beresna, Vasilis Apostolopoulos, Gilberto Brambilla

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We report the use of a terahertz (THz) transparent material, cyclic olefin copolymer (COC or TOPAS), for fabricating a hollow-core antiresonant fiber that provides an electromagnetic wave guidance in the THz regime. A novel fabrication technique to realize a hollow-core antiresonant polymer optical fiber (HC-ARPF) for THz guidance is proposed and demonstrated. The fiber is directly extruded in a single-step procedure using a conventional fused deposition modeling 3D printer. The fiber geometry is defined by a structured nozzle manufactured with a metal 3D printer, which allows tailoring of the nozzle design to the various geometries of microstructured optical fibers. The possibility to use the HC-ARPF made from TOPAS for guiding in the THz region is theoretically and experimentally assessed through the profile of mode simulation and time-frequency diagram (spectrogram) analysis.

Original language	English
Article number	420672
Pages (from-to)	1513-1521
Number of pages	9
Journal	Photonics Research
Volume	9
Issue number	8
Early online date	7 Jun 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/PRJ.420672
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2021

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