105
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 16:
Line 16: + + + + + + + + +
Tagger microscope prototype construction (view source)
Revision as of 14:03, 8 July 2008
, 14:03, 8 July 2008→Fiber Research
== Fiber Research ==
== Fiber Research ==
=== Fiber Width Variation ===
To make acrylic optical fibers, Bicron uses the stretch method which involves stretching a mass of material into a long fiber of a specific diameter or width in our case. As a result of this process, there develops minor variations in width along the stretched fiber. Since minor variations in width can compound in to a significant misalignment, I have measured the width distribution of 30 fibers cleaved from the same fiber spool.
{| cellpadding="3" style="text-align:center; margin: 1em auto 1em auto"
|-
| [[Image:Xyfibersizehist.jpg|right]] || || [[Image:X vs yfibersizeplot.jpg|left]]
|-
|}
=== Epoxies ===
=== Epoxies ===