Thermally drawn multifunctional fibers: toward the next generation of information technology
As the fundamental building block of optical fiber communication technology, thermally drawn optical fibers have fueled the development and prosperity of modern information society. However, the conventional step-index configured silica optical fibers have scarcely altered since their invention. In...
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| author | Shen, Yanan Wang, Zhe Wang, Zhixun Wang, Jiajia Yang, Xiao Zheng, Xinghua Chen, Haisheng Li, Kaiwei Wei, Lei Zhang, Ting |
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| author_facet | School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Shen, Yanan Wang, Zhe Wang, Zhixun Wang, Jiajia Yang, Xiao Zheng, Xinghua Chen, Haisheng Li, Kaiwei Wei, Lei Zhang, Ting |
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| description | As the fundamental building block of optical fiber communication technology, thermally drawn optical fibers have fueled the development and prosperity of modern information society. However, the conventional step-index configured silica optical fibers have scarcely altered since their invention. In recent years, thermally drawn multifunctional fibers have emerged as a new yet promising route to enable unprecedented development in information technology. By adopting the well-developed preform-to-fiber manufacturing technique, a broad range of functional materials can be seamlessly integrated into a single fiber on a kilometer length scale to deliver sophisticated functions. Functions such as photodetection, imaging, acoustoelectric detection, chemical sensing, tactile sensing, biological probing, energy harvesting and storage, data storage, program operation, and information processing on fiber devices. In addition to the original light-guiding function, these flexible fibers can be woven into fabrics to achieve large-scale personal health monitoring and interpersonal communication. Thermally drawn multifunctional fibers have opened up a new stage for the next generation of information technology. This review article summarizes an overview of the basic concepts, fabrication processes, and developments of multifunctional fibers. It also highlights the significant progress and future development in information applications. (Figure presented.). |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1610202022-11-15T00:59:32Z Thermally drawn multifunctional fibers: toward the next generation of information technology Shen, Yanan Wang, Zhe Wang, Zhixun Wang, Jiajia Yang, Xiao Zheng, Xinghua Chen, Haisheng Li, Kaiwei Wei, Lei Zhang, Ting School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Engineering::Materials::Functional materials Acoustoelectric Fiber Biological Probe As the fundamental building block of optical fiber communication technology, thermally drawn optical fibers have fueled the development and prosperity of modern information society. However, the conventional step-index configured silica optical fibers have scarcely altered since their invention. In recent years, thermally drawn multifunctional fibers have emerged as a new yet promising route to enable unprecedented development in information technology. By adopting the well-developed preform-to-fiber manufacturing technique, a broad range of functional materials can be seamlessly integrated into a single fiber on a kilometer length scale to deliver sophisticated functions. Functions such as photodetection, imaging, acoustoelectric detection, chemical sensing, tactile sensing, biological probing, energy harvesting and storage, data storage, program operation, and information processing on fiber devices. In addition to the original light-guiding function, these flexible fibers can be woven into fabrics to achieve large-scale personal health monitoring and interpersonal communication. Thermally drawn multifunctional fibers have opened up a new stage for the next generation of information technology. This review article summarizes an overview of the basic concepts, fabrication processes, and developments of multifunctional fibers. It also highlights the significant progress and future development in information applications. (Figure presented.). Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) Ministry of Education (MOE) Nanyang Technological University National Research Foundation (NRF) Published version This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (52172249, 62005101, and 51976215), the Scientific Instrument Developing Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (YJKYYQ20200017), and the Funding of Innovation Academy for Light-duty Gas Turbine, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CXYJJ21-ZD-02). This work was supported by the Singapore Ministry of Education Academic Research Fund Tier 2 (MOE2019-T2-2-127 and MOE-T2EP50120-0002), A*STAR under AME IRG (A2083c0062), the Singapore Ministry of Education Academic Research Fund Tier 1 (MOE2019-T1-001-103 (RG 73/19) and MOE2019-T1-001-111 (RG90/19)), and the Singapore National Research Foundation Competitive Research Program (NRF-CRP18-2017-02). This work was partly supported by the Schaeffler Hub for Advanced Research at NTU, under the ASTAR IAF-ICP Programme ICP1900093. This work was also supported by Nanyang Technological University. 2022-08-11T08:10:16Z 2022-08-11T08:10:16Z 2022 Journal Article Shen, Y., Wang, Z., Wang, Z., Wang, J., Yang, X., Zheng, X., Chen, H., Li, K., Wei, L. & Zhang, T. (2022). Thermally drawn multifunctional fibers: toward the next generation of information technology. InfoMat, 4(7), e12318-. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/inf2.12318 2567-3165 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/161020 10.1002/inf2.12318 2-s2.0-85129604531 7 4 e12318 en A2083c0062 ICP1900093 MOE2019-T1-001-103 (RG 73/19) MOE2019-T1-001-111 (RG 90/19) MOE-T2EP50120-0002 MOE2019-T2-2-127 NRF-CRP18-2017-02 InfoMat © 2022 The Authors. InfoMat published by UESTC and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Engineering::Materials::Functional materials Acoustoelectric Fiber Biological Probe Shen, Yanan Wang, Zhe Wang, Zhixun Wang, Jiajia Yang, Xiao Zheng, Xinghua Chen, Haisheng Li, Kaiwei Wei, Lei Zhang, Ting Thermally drawn multifunctional fibers: toward the next generation of information technology |
| title | Thermally drawn multifunctional fibers: toward the next generation of information technology |
| title_full | Thermally drawn multifunctional fibers: toward the next generation of information technology |
| title_fullStr | Thermally drawn multifunctional fibers: toward the next generation of information technology |
| title_full_unstemmed | Thermally drawn multifunctional fibers: toward the next generation of information technology |
| title_short | Thermally drawn multifunctional fibers: toward the next generation of information technology |
| title_sort | thermally drawn multifunctional fibers toward the next generation of information technology |
| topic | Engineering::Materials::Functional materials Acoustoelectric Fiber Biological Probe |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/161020 |
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