Multi-mode optical fiber

Photonic-crystal fiber

Graded-index fiber

Physics

Fabrication

Pathology

Single-mode optical fiber

Plastic optical fiber

Optics

Microstructured optical fiber

Plastic-clad silica fiber

Composite material

Fiber optic sensor

Materials science

Optical fiber

Alternative medicine

All-silica fiber

Hard-clad silica optical fiber

Optoelectronics

Fiber

Medicine

Optics Letters

Silica optical fiber was drawn from a three-dimensional printed preform. Both single mode and multimode fibers are reported. The results demonstrate additive manufacturing of glass optical fibers and its potential to disrupt traditional optical fiber fabrication. It opens up fiber designs for novel applications hitherto not possible.

Silica optical fiber drawn from 3D printed preforms