Solution doping of commercial plastic optical fibers
- Solution doping of off-the-shelf plastic optical fibers (POFs) represents rather simple and cheap way for preparing custom cladding-doped POFs (CD-POFs) with short to medium lengths. CD-POFs are especially attractive for environmental sensing applications, but might be of interest for illumination task as well. In this work, the proposed doping technique is tested with three different commercial low-cost polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) POFs; Eska CK-40 and Eska GK-40 from Mitsubishi Rayon and Raytela PGU-FB1000 from Toray. The aim of the work is to aid the selection of the most suitable fiber yielding highest optical quality of prepared CD-POFs. Firstly, the optimal doping times are determined for the individual fiber types using short fiber samples. Secondly, longer 10 m CD-POFs are prepared from all tested fibersusing the optimized doping procedure. Finally, attenuation of pristine POFs and prepared CD-POFs is measured using optical time domain reflectometry in order to characterizeSolution doping of off-the-shelf plastic optical fibers (POFs) represents rather simple and cheap way for preparing custom cladding-doped POFs (CD-POFs) with short to medium lengths. CD-POFs are especially attractive for environmental sensing applications, but might be of interest for illumination task as well. In this work, the proposed doping technique is tested with three different commercial low-cost polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) POFs; Eska CK-40 and Eska GK-40 from Mitsubishi Rayon and Raytela PGU-FB1000 from Toray. The aim of the work is to aid the selection of the most suitable fiber yielding highest optical quality of prepared CD-POFs. Firstly, the optimal doping times are determined for the individual fiber types using short fiber samples. Secondly, longer 10 m CD-POFs are prepared from all tested fibersusing the optimized doping procedure. Finally, attenuation of pristine POFs and prepared CD-POFs is measured using optical time domain reflectometry in order to characterize the impacts of the doping on fiber optical properties. In addition, the importance of post-doping drying procedure for CD-POF optical performance is investigated as well. The results suggest that, although doping of all tested fibers is generally feasible, Eska CK-40 is the most suitable candidate with regard to the Doping efficiency and fiber post-doping performance.…
Autor*innen: | Pavol Stajanca, Ievgeniia TopolniakORCiD, Samuel Pötschke, Katerina Krebber |
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Persönliche Herausgeber*innen: | K. Kalli, A. Mendez, C.-A. Bunge |
Dokumenttyp: | Beitrag zu einem Tagungsband |
Veröffentlichungsform: | Verlagsliteratur |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Titel des übergeordneten Werkes (Englisch): | Proc. SPIE / MICRO-STRUCTURED AND SPECIALTY OPTICAL FIBRES V |
Jahr der Erstveröffentlichung: | 2018 |
Organisationseinheit der BAM: | 6 Materialchemie |
6 Materialchemie / 6.6 Physik und chemische Analytik der Polymere | |
8 Zerstörungsfreie Prüfung | |
8 Zerstörungsfreie Prüfung / 8.6 Faseroptische Sensorik | |
Herausgeber (Institution): | SPIE |
Jahrgang/Band: | 10681 |
Erste Seite: | 106810O-1 |
Letzte Seite: | 106810O-7 |
DDC-Klassifikation: | Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / Chemie / Analytische Chemie |
Freie Schlagwörter: | Cladding-doped fibers; Fluorescent optical fibers; PMMA; Plastic optical fibers; Polzmethyl methacrylate; Rhodamine B; Solution doping |
Themenfelder/Aktivitätsfelder der BAM: | Umwelt |
Umwelt / Sensorik | |
Veranstaltung: | SPIE Photonics Europe 2018 |
Veranstaltungsort: | Strasbourg, France |
Beginndatum der Veranstaltung: | 22.04.2018 |
Enddatum der Veranstaltung: | 26.04.2018 |
DOI: | 10.1117/12.2315619 |
ISSN: | 0277-786X |
Verfügbarkeit des Dokuments: | Datei im Netzwerk der BAM verfügbar ("Closed Access") |
Datum der Freischaltung: | 16.05.2018 |
Referierte Publikation: | Ja |
Datum der Eintragung als referierte Publikation: | 30.08.2018 |