Abashakashatsi bo muri kaminuza ya Penn ya Leta zunze ubumwe za Amerika bavuze ko bidatinze, fibre semiconductor fibre ubwayo ishobora kuba ishobora guhindura "amashanyarazi-optique-amashanyarazi" ahenze idashingiye ku mashanyarazi-optique (electronique-optique), na optique ihenze- ibikoresho bya elegitoronike kumpera yakira.

Ubu bushakashatsi bushya ni uguhuza intoki imwe ya kirisiti ya silicon muri capillary yikirahure hamwe na diametre yimbere ya microni 1.7, hanyuma igakomera kandi igafunga kashe kumpande zombi kugirango ikore silikoni imwe ya kirisiti, bityo igahuza silikoni imwe ihendutse ya silicon germanium na silikoni imwe ya kirisiti kumpande zombi. .Ubu bushakashatsi bwakozwe ku barimu ba Venkatraman Gopalan na John Badding mu ishami ry’ibikoresho bya siyansi n’ubuhanga muri kaminuza ya Leta ya Penn, n’umunyeshuri wa dogiteri Xiaoyu Ji.

Shyiramo intoki ya amorphous silicon muri capillary yikirahure hamwe na diameter y'imbere ya micron 1.7

Fibre optique yoroheje ikoreshwa uyumunsi irashobora gusohora gusa fotone kumuyoboro wikirahure utwikiriye polymer yoroshye.Ikimenyetso cyiza cyagumishijwe muri fibre optique mugaragaza kuva mubirahuri kugeza kuri polymer, kubwibyo rero ntakibazo kibura mugihe cyohereza intera ndende.Kubwamahirwe, amakuru yose yoherejwe muri mudasobwa arasaba gukoresha moderi ihenze ya electro-optique ihindura ihererekanyabubasha.

Mu buryo nk'ubwo, imashini yakira ni mudasobwa isaba guhinduranya amashanyarazi ahenze kurangiza.Kugirango ushimangire ibimenyetso, intera ndende ndende hagati yimijyi itandukanye isaba "repetater" kugirango ikore ibintu byoroshye cyane bya optique-amashanyarazi, hanyuma byongere imbaraga za electron, hanyuma unyure mumashanyarazi ya super-optique kugirango ureke ibimenyetso bya optique unyuze kumurongo ukurikira relay amaherezo igera iyo igana.

Abashakashatsi bo muri kaminuza ya Leta ya Penn bizeye ko bazakora fibre optique yuzuyemo semiconductor nziza, ikabaha ubushobozi bwo gukora amashanyarazi-optique-amashanyarazi bonyine.Kugeza ubu, itsinda ry’ubushakashatsi ntiriragera ku ntego yaryo, ariko ryahujije neza ibikoresho byose bisabwa muri fibre ya semiconductor optique kandi ryerekana ko rishobora kohereza fotone na electron icyarimwe.Ibikurikira, bakeneye gushushanya silikoni imwe ya kirisiti kumpande zombi za fibre optique kugirango bakore optique-amashanyarazi n'amashanyarazi-optique ihinduka mugihe nyacyo.

Badding yerekanye uburyo bushoboka bwo gukoresha fibre yuzuye silikoni mu 2006, hanyuma Ji akoresha laseri kugirango ahuze germanium ya kirisiti ya kirisiyumu nini cyane hamwe na capillaries yibirahure mubushakashatsi bwe bwa dogiteri.Igisubizo ni kashe ya monosilicon ifite ubwenge ifite uburebure bwikubye inshuro 2000, ihindura prototype ya Badding ikora neza cyane mubikoresho byubucuruzi.

Xiaoyu Ji, umukandida wa PhD mu ishami ry’ubumenyi bw’ibikoresho muri kaminuza ya Leta ya Penn, akora ibizamini bya kristu muri Laboratoire y’igihugu ya Argonne

Iyi ultra-nto imwe ya kirisiti ya kirisiyonike kandi ituma Ji akoresha scaneri ya laser kugirango ashonge kandi atunganyirize imiterere ya kirisiti rwagati hagati yikirahure ku bushyuhe bwa dogere 750-900 Fahrenheit, bityo yirinde kwanduza silikoni ikirahure.

Kubwibyo, byatwaye imyaka irenga 10 uhereye kubi Badding yagerageje bwa mbere guhuza ibyuma byifashishwa bya semiconductor hamwe na fibre yoroshye ya optique hamwe na fibre optique-amashanyarazi.

Ibikurikira, abashakashatsi bazatangira gukora neza (murwego rwo gukora fibre yubwenge igera kumuvuduko wogukwirakwiza nubwiza ugereranije na fibre yoroshye), kandi bagashushanya germanium ya silicon kugirango ikoreshwe mubikorwa, harimo endoskopi, amashusho na lazeri.