Improved imaging bundles developed by Amorphous Materials

摘要

Efforts have been underway for several years at AMI to develop a ribbon stacking method to fabricate infrared imaging bundles from chalcogenide glass fibers. Bundles have been formed drawing fibers fro man As-Se-Te glass (C1) and from As_2S_3 glass (C2). Fiber core diameter has been limited to 100 mum or greater due to the low tensile strength of chalogenide glasses. Glass cladding adds strength to the fiber but results in low active area (25-35