Abstract
It is a challenging issue to develop a graded index polymer optical fiber (GI-POF) with sufficiently high thermal stability to be installed in the invehicle networks. Generally, a radial refractive index profile within the GI-POF is formed by adding a dopant to a polymer. This addition of the dopant significantly decreased the Tg of the polymer due to the plasticization. We demonstrated that 9-bromophenanthrene (BPT) had little plasticization on poly methyl methacrylate compared to conventional dopants, and propose the BPT as a potential dopant for the GI-POF.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 071601 |
| Journal | Applied Physics Express |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 Jul |
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Novel dopant for graded-index polymer optical fiber with high-thermal stability. / Yamaki, Yasushi; Asai, Makoto; Takahashi, Satoshi; Koike, Yasuhiro.
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