Theoretical analysis on tapering micro-capillary fibres
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Shicheng Xue; van Eijkelenborg, Martijn A.; Barton, Geoff
- Source
- ACOFT/AOS 2006 - Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology/Australian Optical Society Optical Fibre Technology/Australian Optical Society, 2006. ACOFT/AOS 2006. Australian Conference on. :1-3 Jul, 2006
- Subject
- Photonics and Electrooptics
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Signal Processing and Analysis
Optical fibers
Optical fiber sensors
Mathematical model
Optical fiber couplers
Australia
Chemical technology
Equations
Boundary conditions
Surface tension
Heating
- Language
A mathematical model based on fluid dynamics is developed for the micro-capillary fibre tapering process with surface tension effects included. The model can predict the shape of the tapered fibre and when the hole is totally collapsed for a given fibre material and the operating conditions.