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Formation of Fiber Tapers by Chemical Etching for Application in Fiber Sensors and Lasers

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A method of safe chemical etching of optical fibers for their subsequent application in sensor and laser technologies has been developed. A series of thinned fibers (tapers) with diameters of the thin part of 5.7 to 24.1 μm and lengths of 2.3 to 11.1 mm was prepared. Using a frequency reflectometer, the location of the resulting losses in small-diameter tapers is shown. There is a strong dependence of the losses that occur on defects on the surfaces of cones and the cylindrical part of a taper. LMR resonances were observed in the transmission spectra of large-diameter tapers when thin ZnTe films were deposited on them. Their sensitivity to changes in the refractive index of aqueous solutions was 5230 nm/RIU (refractive index unit). A polymer composite with Bi2Se3, MoSe2, and NiO nanopowders was applied to tapers with diameters of less than 10 μm. They were used in this form as passive Q-factor switches in a ring fiber erbium laser.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We are grateful to S.M. Popov for his help in conducting experiments on the frequency reflectometer.

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This study was performed according to a State Job of the Kotelnikov Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics, Russian Academy of Sciences, and supported in part by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project no. 20-07-00326.

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  1. Kotelnikov Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics, Russian Academy of Sciences (Fryazino Branch), 141190, Fryazino, Moscow oblast, Russia

    P. I. Kuznetsov, D. P. Sudas & E. A. Savel’ev

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    D. P. Sudas

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The results of this research were presented and discussed at the third International Conference “Optical Reflectometry, Metrology, and Sensorics 2020 " (http://or-2020.permsc.ru/, September 22–24, Perm, Russia).

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Kuznetsov, P.I., Sudas, D.P. & Savel’ev, E.A. Formation of Fiber Tapers by Chemical Etching for Application in Fiber Sensors and Lasers. Instrum Exp Tech 63, 516–521 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020441220040302

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