The invention discloses a preparation method of
chalcogenide glass tapered fibers.
Chalcogenide glass fibers are tapered by the aid of accurate
temperature control of a specific electric-heating coil and traction of a precision stepping motor, important parameters such as taper zone lengths, taper zone outer diameters and the like of the tapered fibers are controlled through control on the
heating temperature and the tapering traction speed, and the
chalcogenide glass tapered fibers with different taper zone lengths and taper zone outer diameters are drawn accurately. The method is simple in technology, high in
operability, good in
repeatability and high in accuracy and can effectively solve problems that the
chalcogenide glass fibers are broken easily during tapering,
fiber core diameters and taper zone lengths are difficult to control accurately and the like, the
fiber core diameters of the prepared
chalcogenide glass tapered fibers with nanoscale or submicron diameters range from 700 mu m to 1,000 mu m, the taper zone lengths range from 3 cm to 7 cm, the
production cycle is short, the success rate is high, the
chalcogenide glass tapered fibers can be applied to new technical fields of
coupling of micro-waveguides, generation of super-continuum spectrum and the like, and research and application fields of the
chalcogenide glass tapered fibers are greatly extended.