Mr. Holger Stühff Profile

Holger Stühff

at AMSTOG GmbH

SPIE Involvement:

Author

Publications (1)

This will count as one of your downloads.

You will have access to both the presentation and article (if available).

DOWNLOAD NOW

This content is available for download via your institution's subscription. To access this item, please sign in to your personal account.

Email or Username Forgot your username?

Password Forgot your password?

Show

Keep me signed in

No SPIE account? Create an account

Proceedings Article | 5 March 2022 Paper

Novel etching process based on molten salts for optical fiber components

Norbert Arndt-Staufenbiel, Stefan Emde, Vanessa Zamora, Tiet Nguyen, Christian Janeczka, Holger Stühff, Henning Schröder, Martin Schneider-Ramelow

Proceedings Volume 12007, 120070E (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2610746

KEYWORDS: Etching, Glasses, Process modeling, Optical fibers, Inspection, Process control, Multimode fibers, Optics manufacturing, Microscopes, Manufacturing

Read Abstract +

Optical fiber components have the potential of enabling interconnections in compact systems because they provide reliable and efficient manipulation of light in application fields such as telecommunication, sensing and high power. A variety of glasses and fiber components including tapers, tips, bundles and couplers are typically fabricated using hydrofluoric acidbased etching processes. However, such a standard approach has some limitations related to the generation of surface defects (e.g., roughness and microcracks), poor process control and high chemical disposal costs. We propose an innovative glass etching process based on molten salts that will overcome these limitations. Molten salts can be thermally activated to etch glass materials with high precision. Initial plant development and industrial manufacturing capabilities are demonstrated on a modular etching system through a research collaboration. This system also has the advantage of managing a set of fibers simultaneously with an automatic process control. First results of etched glasses and especially, biconical fiber tapers show extremely smooth surfaces, good homogeneity, high reproducibility and potential scalability for further processing of fiber couplers. With respect to the fabrication tolerances, a value of ± 1 μm over a length of 10 mm has been found for the case of etched multimode tapers. The use of molten salts as an etching tool can be extended to economically create microstructures in glass panels for optical or fluidic purposes.

My Library

You currently do not have any folders to save your paper to! Create a new folder below.

Folder Name

Folder Description

View contact details

UPDATE YOUR PROFILE

Is this your profile? Update it now.

Sign into your SPIE.org account

Don’t have a profile and want one?

Create an account on SPIE.org

Access to the requested content is limited to institutions that have purchased or subscribe to SPIE eBooks. You are receiving this notice because your organization may not have SPIE eBooks access.*

*Shibboleth/Open Athens users─please sign in to access your institution's subscriptions.

To obtain this item, you may purchase the complete book in print or electronic format on SPIE.org.

ORGANIZATIONAL
Sign in with credentials provided by your organization.

Organizational Username

Organizational Password

Show/Hide Password

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available

Members:

Non-members: ADD TO CART

Keywords/Phrases

Search In:

Publication Years