Approaches to mitigate polymer-core loss in plastic optical fibers: a review

被引：28

作者：

Ioannides, N. ^{[1
]}

Chunga, E. B. ^{[1
]}

Bachmatiuk, A. ^{[2
,3
]}

Gonzalez-Martinez, I. G. ^{[4
,5
]}

Trzebicka, B. ^{[3
]}

Adebimpe, D. B. ^{[6
]}

Kalymnios, D. ^{[1
]}

Ruemmeli, M. H. ^{[2
,7
]}

机构：

[1] London Metropolitan Univ, Fac Life Sci & Comp, Ctr Commun Technol, 166-220 Holloway Rd, London N7 8DB, England

[2] Inst for Basic Sci Korea, Ctr Integrated Nanostruct Phys, Taejon 305701, South Korea

[3] Polish Acad Sci, Ctr Polymer & Carbon Mat, PL-41819 Zabrze, Poland

[4] IFW Dresden, Inst Complex Mat, D-01171 Dresden, Germany

[5] Tech Univ TU Dresden, Inst Mat Sci, D-01062 Dresden, Germany

[6] Polymath Intersci Ltd, Orpington BR5 4AH, Kent, England

[7] Sungkyunkwan Univ, Dept Phys, Dept Energy Sci, Suwon 440746, South Korea

来源：

MATERIALS RESEARCH EXPRESS | 2014年 / 1卷 / 03期

关键词：

plastic optical fiber; absorption; transmission; RHODAMINE-B; FABRICATION; BANDWIDTH;

D O I：

10.1088/2053-1591/1/3/032002

中图分类号：

T [工业技术];

学科分类号：

08 ;

摘要：

Within fiber optics, plastic optical fibers (POFs) have always had to take a back seat due to their relatively high loss. This kept them as a specialty fiber for illumination, sensing and low speed short data links. However, continued research and development on the core materials used in POFs are improving their performance significantly as we are now able to manufacture POFs with low transmission loss, high temperature resistance and stable bandwidth over distance. The improved performance, the ease of installation and the low cost of POFs has led to a renewed interest in these fibers. This review looks at the material developments that have and continue to improve the optical loss factors in POFs. Both intrinsic and extrinsic loss mechanisms are discussed. In particular the intrinsic loss mechanisms are reviewed in greater detail. Intrinsic losses are associated with the chemical and physical structure of the fiber materials, while extrinsic losses are related to losses due to contaminants and various production imperfections.

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