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MIR imaging bundles of ordered silver halide polycrystalline fibres for thermal transmission and imaging

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In this study, we propose a way for miniaturization of mid-infrared (MIR) fibre bundles while maintaining low crosstalk and transmission losses. Such miniaturization of fibres is important when applying MIR in thin polycrystalline AgCl0.25Br0.75 fibres with a diameter of 110 µm, made using custom-designed extrusion components. These fibres were then mechanically assembled in an optical bundle of seven hexagonally arranged fibres. Transmission of MIR from a heat source through this bundle was compared with similar bundle of seven fibres with a diameter of 300 µm. It was found that both bundles are transparent to MIR in the spectral range of 2–20 µm corresponding to temperature range from –130 to + 1150 °C. They also have low crosstalks (< 5%) and negligible bending losses. Miniaturization, expectedly, leads to higher spatial resolution in the thinner 110-µm fibre bundle (4.5 lines mm−1) compared to the thicker 300-µm fibre bundle (1.7 lines mm−1). However, optical losses along the fibre are higher in thinner bundle (0.4 dB m−1) than in the thicker bundle (0.2 dB m−1). Yet, both 110 µm and 300 µm fibre bundles are suitable for acquiring thermal images. The overall diameter of the smaller fibre bundle (400 µm) can be advantageous for endoluminal and extracorporeal thermography towards personalized diagnosis and localized thermal treatments for personalized therapy. Such miniaturization can also facilitate in situ, real-time imaging in harsh environments and additive manufacturing.

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Elena Korsakova, Aleksandr Korsakov and Liya Zhukova acknowledge Grant No. 18-73-10063 from the Russian Science Foundation for funding the fabrication of fibre bundles. These authors also acknowledge the assistance of I.A. Kashuba in ANSYS modelling. Sarah Markham, Aladin Mani, Christophe Silien, Joanna Bauer and S.A.M. Tofail acknowledge European Commission Erasmus International Credit Mobility 2015–2020 between Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin, Yekaterinburg, Russia and University of Limerick, Ireland as well as Erasmus Bilateral Exchange between Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland and University of Limerick, Ireland 2010–2020 for funding the work on imaging, characterization and application development using MIR bundle fibres in medicine and manufacturing. Sarah Markham and Aladin Mani acknowledge Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Centre for Medical Devices co-funded under the European Regional Development Fund (Grant Number 13/RC/2073) for characterizing bundle fibre.

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  1. Scientific Laboratory of Fibre Technologies and Photonics, Ural Federal University Named After the First President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin, Yekaterinburg, Russia

    Elena Korsakova, Liya Zhukova & Aleksandr Korsakov

  2. Department of Physics and Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

    Sarah Markham, Aladin Mani, Christophe Silien & S. A. M. Tofail

  3. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wrocław, Poland

    Joanna Bauer

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Korsakova, E., Markham, S., Mani, A. et al. MIR imaging bundles of ordered silver halide polycrystalline fibres for thermal transmission and imaging. J Therm Anal Calorim 142, 245–253 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-020-09811-8

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