Polishing, grinding and tapering integrated device and method for preparing D-type and conical optical fibers

Abstract

The invention provides a polishing, grinding and tapering integrated device and method for preparing D-type and conical optical fibers. The device comprises a platform main body, a lifting module, anoptical fiber polishing and grinding module, an optical fiber transmission module, a clamp module, an optical fiber heating module and the an optical fiber. The first end of the lifting module is fixedly connected with the lower end of the platform main body; the second end of the lifting module is fixedly connected with the optical fiber polishing and grinding module; the optical fiber polishingand grinding module, the optical fiber transmission module, the real-time monitoring module and the optical fiber heating module are located at the upper end of the platform main body. The optical fiber transmission module and the optical fiber heating module are both located between the optical fiber polishing and grinding module and the real-time monitoring module; a central control and communication module is located on one side face of the platform main body, a clamp module is located on the optical fiber transmission module, and the two ends of the optical fiber are fixedly connected withgrooves of flange sliding blocks through optical fiber fixing clamps respectively. Through the design of the flange sliding blocks, the problem of relative movement of the optical fiber and a polishing and grinding wheel is ingeniously solved, and side polishing and grinding of the optical fiber and tapering of the optical fiber can be implemented.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of optical fiber polishing and tapering, in particular to a device and method integrating polishing, polishing and tapering for preparing D-shaped and tapered optical fibers. Background technique [0002] Optical fiber post-processing technology is an important source of technology to expand the application range of optical fibers, improve the quality attributes of optical fibers, and prepare optical fiber-based photonic devices. Common post-processing technologies mainly include optical fiber polishing and tapering, among which polishing and polishing of optical fibers can produce D-shaped optical fibers, while tapered optical fibers can be prepared for tapered optical fibers. At present, many preparation technologies for these two types of optical fibers have been developed, such as chemical etching, laser etching, fixed side throwing and polishing of optical fibers, suspended side throwing and polishing of optical ...

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[0006] Aiming at the problems existing in the prior art, the present invention provides a device and method for preparing D-shaped and tapered optical fibers, which integrates polishing and tapering. The design of the flange slider skillfully solves the problem that the optical fiber and the polishing wheel are facing each other. For the problem of movement, the resistance heating parts are designed by adopting the modular design concept, so that the present invention can not only implement the side polishing of the optical fiber but also implement the optical fiber tapering, which solves the shortcomings of the existing technology well

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