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 |
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| Article number | 071601 |
| Journal | Applied Physics Express |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 Jul 1 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Engineering(all)
- Physics and Astronomy(all)
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Yamaki, Y., Asai, M., Takahashi, S., & Koike, Y. (2010). Novel dopant for graded-index polymer optical fiber with high-thermal stability. Applied Physics Express, 3(7), [071601]. https://doi.org/10.1143/APEX.3.071601