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Femtosecond laser microhole drilling inside a fused silica optical fiber with optical inner surface quality

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We have demonstrated femtosecond laser microhole drilling inside a fused silica optical fiber with optical inner surface quality. An optical quality microhole with a diameter of \(3\, \upmu \hbox {m}\) and a length of approximately \(35\, \upmu \hbox {m}\) was produced inside an optical fiber of a cladding diameter of \(125\, \upmu \hbox {m}\). The microhole drilling inside an optical fiber was caused as a result of plasma filamentation of focused femtosecond laser irradiation at a wavelength of 400 nm. The size of the microhole was reproduced with a ray trace of the focused laser beam with consideration of self-focusing. The optical quality of the microhole was verified by measuring the transmittance of 94 % of infrared diode emission.

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This work has been supported by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Grant Number JP15K04735.

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  1. Department of Information Systems Science, Faculty of Engineering, Soka University, 1-236, Tangi-machi, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan

    Masahiko Shiraishi

  2. National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Health Research Institute, 2217-14 Hayashi-cho, Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan

    Kenji Goya

  3. Department of Science and Engineering for Sustainable Innovation, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Soka University, 1-236, Tangi-machi, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan

    Michiko Nishiyama, Shoichi Kubodera & Kazuhiro Watanabe

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Shiraishi, M., Goya, K., Nishiyama, M. et al. Femtosecond laser microhole drilling inside a fused silica optical fiber with optical inner surface quality. Appl. Phys. A 122, 825 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-016-0352-9

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