Stretchable Optical Fibers via Thermal Drawing

• DOI: 10.1364/sof.2018.sow1h.3
• Publication Date: 2018-06-28T16:32:04Z
• Authors: Yunpeng Qu; Nicola Bartolomei; Maxime Lagier; Tung Nguyen-Dang; Alexis Gérald Page; Wei Yan; Tapajyoti Das Gupta; Fabien Sorin

Stretchable multi-material optical fibers are fabricated via the thermal drawing technique by identifying the proper thermoplastic elastomers. It offers unprecedented opportunities to realize complex soft optical fiber sensors.