The University of Edinburgh

Kerrianne Harrington

James Stone

Harry A C Wood

A method of forming an imaging fibre apparatus comprises: •arranging core rodsand cladding rodsto form at least one primary stack, each primary stackcomprising a plurality of core rodsand cladding rodsarranged in a stack arrangement thereby to form a plurality of core regions within a cladding region; •performing a drawing process to form a plurality of drawn stacks from the at least one primary stack; •wherein the plurality of core rods and cladding rods are further arranged to have a selected shape such that the plurality of stacks stack together in a desired arrangement and wherein the stack arrangement comprises an at least partial outer layer of cladding rods thereby to provide separation between core regions of respective adjacent stacks when stacked in the desired arrangement, the method further comprising: •stacking the plurality of drawn stacks together in the desired arrangement to form a further stack; •drawing the further stack; and •using the drawn further stack to form an imaging fibre apparatus.

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Bath, United Kingdom

Kerrianne Harrington