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Direct Print Additive Manufacturing Of Optical Fiber Interconnects, Roger B. Tipton
Direct Print Additive Manufacturing Of Optical Fiber Interconnects, Roger B. Tipton
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
High performance communications, sensing and computing systems are growing exponentially as modern life continues to rely more and more on technology. One of the factors that are currently limiting computing and transmission speeds are copper wire interconnects between devices. Optical fiber interconnects would greatly increase the speed of today’s electronic devices. In this study it has been demonstrated that by using a new Direct Print Additive Manufacturing (DPAM) process of Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) of plastic and micro-dispensing of pastes and inks, we can 3D print single and multi-mode optical fibers in a controlled manner such that compact, 3-dimensional optical …