Numerically Robust Extruder Die Design for Fabricating High-Quality Preforms for Microstructured Polymer Optical Fibres

微结构聚合物光纤（mPOFs）是澳大利亚的先驱，现在在性能上与传统聚合物光纤相当（但用途更广），是一种极具吸引力的商业选择。潜在的工业应用设想具有成本效益的预制件制造是一个关键问题，挤出是受欢迎的途径。这个跨学科的项目有利于澳大利亚（一）扩展和利用我们在先进的光子学和计算流变学的研究优势，（二）提供大规模mPOF生产的“缺失环节”，并定位我们获得这种创新技术的经济效益，以及（三）提供流变建模，适用于不同的澳大利亚工业部门的计算技术。

Microstructural polymer optical fibres (mPOFs) were pioneered in Australia, are now comparable in performance (but much more versatile) than conventional polymer fibre, and are a highly attractive commercial option. Potential industrial applications envisage cost-effective preform fabrication as a key issue, with extrusion as the favoured route. This interdisciplinary project benefits Australia by (i) extending and exploiting our research advantages in advanced photonics and computational rheology, (ii) providing the 'missing link' for large-scale mPOF production and positioning us to reap the economic benefits of this innovative technology, and (iii) providing computational techniques for rheological modelling that are applicable in diverse Australian industry sectors.