Study of optical fibre structures by Atomic Force Microscopy

Din Ping Tsai; Yueh Liang Chung

doi:10.1007/BF00326226

Study of optical fibre structures by Atomic Force Microscopy

Din Ping Tsai
, Yueh Liang Chung

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A novel method using atomic force microscopy (AFM) to study optical fibre structures at the fibre end-face has been successfully developed. The doping concentration profiles of fibres revealed by differential etching speeds in a saturated solution of ammonium bifluoride at room temperature (25°C) were obtained from AFM topographic images. The superior spatial resolution of AFM made it possible to resolve concentric structures a hundred times smaller than the feature, due to the difference in the known refractive index (Δn) of 1 × 10<sup>-3</sup>. Fibres with small core diameters and anisotropic structures, such as polarization-maintaining fibres, were studied with ease. © 1996 Chapman & Hall.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1563-1570
Journal	Optical and Quantum Electronics
Volume	28
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00326226
Publication status	Published - 1996
Externally published	Yes

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