US 12,372,715 B2
Fiber optic image inverter with ultra-short twister, fabrication method therefor, application thereof, and related composition
Lei Zhang, Beijing (CN); Jinsheng Jia, Beijing (CN); Yonggang Huang, Beijing (CN); Yue Zhao, Beijing (CN); Jiuwang Wang, Beijing (CN); Xiaofeng Tang, Beijing (CN); Xian Zhang, Beijing (CN); Jing Zhang, Beijing (CN); Yun Wang, Beijing (CN); Yu Shi, Beijing (CN); Zhiheng Fan, Beijing (CN); Haoyang Yu, Beijing (CN); Puguang Song, Beijing (CN); Yajie Du, Beijing (CN); and Yang Fu, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to CHINA BUILDING MATERIALS ACADEMY CO., LTD., Beijing (CN)
Filed by CHINA BUILDING MATERIALS ACADEMY CO., LTD., Beijing (CN)
Filed on Sep. 27, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/899,899.
Application 18/899,899 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2024/092291, filed on May 10, 2024.
Claims priority of application No. 202311579576.3 (CN), filed on Nov. 24, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0172749 A1, May 29, 2025
Int. Cl. G02B 6/06 (2006.01); C03B 37/028 (2006.01); C03B 37/029 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/06 (2013.01) [C03B 37/028 (2013.01); C03B 37/029 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for fabricating a fiber optic image inverter with an ultra-short twister, wherein the method comprises the following steps:
(1) surrounding pipe fiber drawing: drawing a round glass rod with a low refractive index and a high strain point temperature into the surrounding pipe fiber with Φ1.6-2.0 mm;
(2) filling glass fiber drawing: drawing a glass rod with a high refractive index and a high transmittance into the filling glass fiber;
(3) casing pipe absorption fiber drawing: preparing a light absorption glass with a light absorption property into a light absorption glass rod, matching the light absorption glass rod and a cladding glass pipe, and then drawing into the casing pipe absorption fiber;
(4) mono fiber drawing: uniformly surrounding an outer side of the cladding glass pipe with the surrounding pipe fiber, then matching a core glass rod with a high refractive index and the cladding glass pipe surrounded with the surrounding pipe fiber, and then performing drawing of the mono fiber to obtain the drawn mono fiber, wherein a diameter of the mono fiber is the same as a diameter of the casing pipe absorption fiber;
(5) multi fiber drawing: arranging the drawn mono fibers into a multi assembly rod with an orthohexagonal cross section, wherein the number of mono fibers on each side in the multi assembly rod is N, replacing one mono fiber arranged at a center of the hexagonal multi assembly rod with the casing pipe absorption fiber, and filling and inserting the filling glass fibers into a hole of the multi assembly rod; followed by drawing the multi assembly rod into the multi fiber;
(6) multi-multi fiber drawing: arranging the drawn multi fibers into a multi-multi assembly rod with an orthohexagonal cross section, then drawing the multi-multi assembly rod into the multi-multi fiber, and then cutting the multi-multi fiber with a fixed length to be arranged into a fiber assembly bundle;
(7) heat press fusion: putting the arranged fiber assembly bundle in a heat press fusion mold, then putting the heat press fusion mold in a heat press fusion furnace, performing heat press fusion according to a designed compression ratio of the fiber assembly bundle before and after heat press fusion, and obtaining a fused boule after heat press fusion; and
(8) twisting operation: subjecting the fused boule to cutting, rounding and grinding machining treatments to obtain a fiber optic image inverter block, and subjecting the fiber optic image inverter block to a 180° twisting operation in an ultra-short high-temperature twisting furnace to obtain a fiber optic image inverter with an ultra-short twister;
wherein a heating furnace body in the ultra-short high-temperature twisting furnace has a width ranging from 3 mm to 4 mm, a distance from the heating furnace body to a surface of the fiber optic image inverter block ranges from 1.0 mm to 2.5 mm, and twisting operation time for twisting the fiber optic image inverter block by 180° ranges from 2 minutes to 9 minutes;
wherein a composition for fabricating a surrounding pipe fiber is composed of the following components by mole percentage content:
 
 
 
SiO2 78.1-80.0%
 
Al2O3   3.1-7.0%
 
B2O3   2.0-8.0%
 
Li2O 0.0001-1.0% 
 
Na2O     0-2.9%
 
K2O  5.1-10.0%
 
CaO   1.1-3.0%
 
SrO 0.0001-1.0% 
 
ZnO   1.1-2.0%
 
TiO2 0.0001-1.0% 
 
CeO2  0.05-0.2%
 
MgF2 0.0001-2.0% 
 
CaF2   0.05-2.0%.