Investigation on Chalcogenide Glass Additive Manufacturing for Shaping Mid-Infrared Optical Components and Microstructured Optical Fibers

Creators: Carcreff, Julie; Cheviré, François; Lebullenger, Ronan; Gautier, Antoine; Chahal, Radwan; Adam, Jean-Luc; Calvez, Laurent; Brilland, Laurent; Galdo, Elodie; Le Coq, David; Renversez, Gilles; Troles, Johann

Others:: Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes (ISCR) ; Université de Rennes 1 (UR1) ; Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes) ; Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes (ENSCR)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); SelenOptics [Bruz] (SelenOptics); Institut FRESNEL (FRESNEL) ; Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); ATHENA (ATHENA) ; Institut FRESNEL (FRESNEL) ; Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); ANR ASTRID DGA FOM-IR-2-20, Délégation Générale pour l'Armement; CPER, European Regional Development Fund; CPER, Région Bretagne; CPER, Rennes Métropole

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In this work, an original way of shaping chalcogenide optical components has been investigated. Thorough evaluation of the properties of chalcogenide glasses before and after 3D printing has been carried out in order to determine the impact of the 3D additive manufacturing process on the material. In order to evaluate the potential of such additive glass manufacturing, several preliminary results obtained with various chalcogenide objects and components, such as cylinders, beads, drawing preforms and sensors, are described and discussed. This innovative 3D printing method opens the way for many applications involving chalcogenide fiber elaboration, but also many other chalcogenide glass optical devices.

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Investigation on Chalcogenide Glass Additive Manufacturing for Shaping Mid-Infrared Optical Components and Microstructured Optical Fibers

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