UV-fibers: two decades of improvements for new applications

Karl-Friedrich Klein; Valery K. Khalilov

doi:10.1117/12.2085670

23 March 2015 UV-fibers: two decades of improvements for new applications

Karl-Friedrich Klein, Valery K. Khalilov

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Proceedings Volume 9317, Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Diagnostics and Treatment Applications XV; 93170S (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2085670
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2015, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Multimode UV-fibers with high-OH synthetic silica core and F-doped silica cladding have been available for over 40 years. At the beginning, the spectral UV-range above 250 nm wavelength was commonly used, because the generation of UV-absorbing defect centers prevented reliable light transfer below 250 nm; even light from a low-power broadband deuterium-lamp was sufficient to damage these UV-fibers of the 1^st generation. However, even then, applications in the field of spectroscopy, laser light delivery, sensors and process control were discussed and improvements of fiber quality in this very interesting UVC range required by researchers and industrial end-users. Starting in 1993 with hydrogen-loaded fibers, further modification in preform and fiber manufacturing including additional fiber treatments lead to currently available hydrogen-free UV-fiber (4^th generation) with significantly improved stability in the UVC, enabling routine use of optical fibers in this field. In addition to the UV-fiber improvements, some selected UV fiber-optic applications using broadband deuterium-lamps will be discussed. Finally, there is still room for further improvements, especially in combination with newly available pulsed UV light sources, which are low-cost, small sized and highly reliable.

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Karl-Friedrich Klein and Valery K. Khalilov "UV-fibers: two decades of improvements for new applications", Proc. SPIE 9317, Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Diagnostics and Treatment Applications XV, 93170S (23 March 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2085670

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Ultraviolet radiation

Absorption

Fiber optics

Silica

Signal attenuation

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