Gradient-index POF without dopants: how the optical properties can be controlled by sole temperature treatment

C.-A. Bunge; M. Schüppert; M. Beckers; G. Stepniak; T. Vad; G. Seide; T. Gries

doi:10.1117/12.2249556

28 September 2016 Gradient-index POF without dopants: how the optical properties can be controlled by sole temperature treatment

C.-A. Bunge, M. Schüppert, M. Beckers, G. Stepniak, T. Vad, G. Seide, T. Gries

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Proceedings Volume 10031, Photonics Applications in Astronomy, Communications, Industry, and High-Energy Physics Experiments 2016; 100311M (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2249556
Event: Photonics Applications in Astronomy, Communications, Industry, and High-Energy Physics Experiments 2016, 2016, Wilga, Poland

Abstract

In this paper we present a novel melt-spinning fabrication process for graded-index polymer optical fibers that completely avoids additional dopants for the formation of the refractive-index profile. In the presented process the meltspun fiber is rapidly cooled down so that the inner and outer parts of the fiber solidify at different speeds resulting in a density gradient. This density variation leads to a refractive-index profile without any further dopants. We present achieved results for fibers made of PMMA, and also first preliminary results for bio polymers such as TPU.

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C.-A. Bunge, M. Schüppert, M. Beckers, G. Stepniak, T. Vad, G. Seide, and T. Gries "Gradient-index POF without dopants: how the optical properties can be controlled by sole temperature treatment", Proc. SPIE 10031, Photonics Applications in Astronomy, Communications, Industry, and High-Energy Physics Experiments 2016, 100311M (28 September 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2249556

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