The Preform from Which Photonic Crystal Fiber is Drawn (IMAGE)
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The air hole cladding of the fiber is produced by stacking 1m long glass capillaries in a hexagonal pattern. This preform called a "stack" that is around 25mm in diameter when finished will be placed inside a large glass tube, heated in a furnace and reduced in size in a series of stages to around a final diameter of 125um to produce the final fiber.
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University of Bath, Centre for Photonics and Photonic Materials.
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