Microspheres Formation in a Glass–Metal Hybrid Fiber System: Application in Optical Microwires
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Instability Analysis of Heated Microwires
3.2. Simulation Studies
3.2.1. Effect of Temperature
3.2.2. Effect of Core Radius
3.2.3. Effect of the Width and Wavelength of Perturbations
3.2.4. Simulation of the Tapering Process
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Petropoulou, A.; Drikakis, D.; Riziotis, C. Microspheres Formation in a Glass–Metal Hybrid Fiber System: Application in Optical Microwires. Materials 2019, 12, 1969. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12121969
Petropoulou A, Drikakis D, Riziotis C. Microspheres Formation in a Glass–Metal Hybrid Fiber System: Application in Optical Microwires. Materials. 2019; 12(12):1969. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12121969
Chicago/Turabian StylePetropoulou, Afroditi, Dimitris Drikakis, and Christos Riziotis. 2019. "Microspheres Formation in a Glass–Metal Hybrid Fiber System: Application in Optical Microwires" Materials 12, no. 12: 1969. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12121969