Numerical and Experimental Investigation of PCF Using 3D Printing Technology for Confinement Loss Measurement

Parthiban M, Dinesh Kumar T. R, Harshavardhan Naidu Sapineni, Gowthaman S. A, Gopinath S, Hemanth Kumar C. S

2025

Abstract

The paper consists of the design, simulation and experimental testing of photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) fabricated with the use of fused deposition modeling (FDM) based 3D printing technology. In this work, confinement losses of PCFs are investigated numerically and experimentally in order to determine the efficiency of the numerical simulation and the additive manufacturing techniques. The current work involved the generation of various optical fiber geometries and performing a comprehensive simulation to determine the confinement loss of each geometry. The experimental part included the fabrication of the designed structures by 3D printing and testing them under certain conditions. The results showed that there was a good agreement between numerical and experimental results where the manufactured models proved to be in good conformity with the expected optical characteristics. This hybrid approach also proves that it is possible to use 3D printing for the fabrication of optical fibers and this can be used as a tool for the development of optical communication and sensing devices as well.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

M P., T. R D., Sapineni H., S. A G., S G. and Kumar C. S H. (2025). Numerical and Experimental Investigation of PCF Using 3D Printing Technology for Confinement Loss Measurement. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Futuristic Technology - Volume 2: INCOFT; ISBN 978-989-758-763-4, SciTePress, pages 554-559. DOI: 10.5220/0013596700004664

in Bibtex Style

@conference{incoft25,
author={Parthiban M and Dinesh Kumar T. R and Harshavardhan Naidu Sapineni and Gowthaman S. A and Gopinath S and Hemanth Kumar C. S},
title={Numerical and Experimental Investigation of PCF Using 3D Printing Technology for Confinement Loss Measurement},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Futuristic Technology - Volume 2: INCOFT},
year={2025},
pages={554-559},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0013596700004664},
isbn={978-989-758-763-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Futuristic Technology - Volume 2: INCOFT
TI - Numerical and Experimental Investigation of PCF Using 3D Printing Technology for Confinement Loss Measurement
SN - 978-989-758-763-4
AU - M P.
AU - T. R D.
AU - Sapineni H.
AU - S. A G.
AU - S G.
AU - Kumar C. S H.
PY - 2025
SP - 554
EP - 559
DO - 10.5220/0013596700004664
PB - SciTePress