Heraeus Quarzglas Gmbh & Co Kg

Heraeus Quarzglas Gmbh & Co. Kg

Enrico Ehrentraut

Manuel Rosenberger

David Kostka

Martin Trommer

Michael Hünermann

Jan Vydra

Ralph Sattmann

Kay Schuster

Steffen Weimann

Yusuf Tansel

Jaqueline Plass

Benjamin Reis

Tobias Tiess

A method for producing a preform of an anti-resonant hollow-core fiber, which has a hollow core extending along a fiber longitudinal axis, and a cladding region surrounding the hollow core and includes at least one anti-resonance element. The method includes (a) providing a cladding tube having a cladding tube inner surface and a cladding tube outer surface, at least one anti-resonance element preform being arranged at the cladding tube inner surface, (b) providing an overlay tube including an overlay tube inner surface, the overlay tube having an inner diameter larger than an outer diameter of the cladding tube, (c) arranging the cladding tube inside the overlay tube, so that the overlay tube inner surface surrounds the cladding tube outer surface, and (d) adding the overlay tube to the cladding tube, so that the overlay tube inner surface connects to the cladding tube outer surface.

Method of manufacturing a preform of an antiresonant hollow core fibre

An anti-resonance element preform for producing an anti-resonant hollow-core fiber, comprising a first longitudinal axis, an ARE outer element designed in a circular arc-like manner, and an ARE inner element, wherein the ARE outer element and the ARE inner element are connected to one another along two connecting lines, which are arranged essentially in parallel to the first longitudinal axis. It is provided that the ARE outer element has an inner space, which is at least partially limited by an ARE outer wall and into which the ARE inner element, designed in a circular arc-like manner, protrudes at least partially.

Anti-resonance preform with two contact points

Methods are known for producing an anti-resonant hollow-core fiber which has a hollow core extending along a fiber longitudinal axis and an inner jacket region that surrounds the hollow core, said jacket region comprising multiple anti-resonant elements. The known methods have the steps of: providing a cladding tube that has a cladding tube inner bore and a cladding tube longitudinal axis along which a cladding tube wall extends that is delimited by an interior and an exterior; providing a number of tubular anti-resonant element preforms; arranging the anti-resonant element preforms at target positions of the interior of the cladding tube wall, thereby forming a primary preform which has a hollow core region and an inner jacket region; and elongating the primary preform in order to form the hollow-core fiber or further processing the primary preform in order to form a secondary preform. The aim of the invention is to achieve a high degree of precision and an exact positioning of the anti-resonant elements in a sufficiently stable and reproducible manner on the basis of the aforementioned methods. This is achieved in that a secondary preform is formed which has an outer diameter ranging from 30 to 90 mm, and at least one of the end faces of the anti-resonant element preforms is closed prior to drawing the fiber.

Methods for producing a hollow-core fiber and for producing a preform for a hollow-core fiber

Methods are known for producing an anti-resonant hollow-core fiber which has a hollow core extending along a fiber longitudinal axis and an inner jacket region that surrounds the hollow core, said jacket region comprising multiple anti-resonant elements. The known methods have the steps of: providing a cladding tube that has a cladding tube inner bore and a cladding tube longitudinal axis along which a cladding tube wall extends that is delimited by an interior and an exterior; providing a number of tubular anti-resonant element preforms; arranging the anti-resonant element preforms at target positions of the interior of the cladding tube wall, thereby forming a primary preform which has a hollow core region and an inner jacket region; and elongating the primary preform in order to form the hollow-core fiber or further processing the primary preform in order to form a secondary preform. The aim of the invention is to achieve a high degree of precision and an exact positioning of the anti-resonant elements in a sufficiently stable and reproducible manner on the basis of the aforementioned methods. This is achieved in that a positioning template is inserted into the cladding tube inner bore in order to arrange the anti-resonant element preforms, said template having holding elements for positioning the anti-resonant element preforms at the target positions.

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Hanau, Germany

Enrico Ehrentraut