TY - GEN
T1 - Dopant designing of Thermally Stable Graded Index Plastic Optical Fiber
AU - Yamaki, Y.
AU - Kondo, A.
AU - Koike, Y.
PY - 2009/6/29
Y1 - 2009/6/29
N2 - The graded index polymer optical fiber (GI POF) has been proposed as a media for very short reach network because of its high flexibility, low laying cost and excellent transmission characteristics. However, the plasticization efficiency which causes by the high refractive dopant decreases the glass transition temperature (Tg) in the center of the core and deteriorates thermal stability of fibers. In this paper, thermally stable PMMA based GI POF was successfully fabricated for the first time by designing dopant molecule which has little plasticizer effect. Tg at the core region was improved to 104 °C while that of conventional GI POF is 86 °C. Stability of attenuation at 85 °C/dry and 75 °C/85 %RH were clarified to be as high as that of non-doped step index POF.
AB - The graded index polymer optical fiber (GI POF) has been proposed as a media for very short reach network because of its high flexibility, low laying cost and excellent transmission characteristics. However, the plasticization efficiency which causes by the high refractive dopant decreases the glass transition temperature (Tg) in the center of the core and deteriorates thermal stability of fibers. In this paper, thermally stable PMMA based GI POF was successfully fabricated for the first time by designing dopant molecule which has little plasticizer effect. Tg at the core region was improved to 104 °C while that of conventional GI POF is 86 °C. Stability of attenuation at 85 °C/dry and 75 °C/85 %RH were clarified to be as high as that of non-doped step index POF.
KW - 9-Bromophenanthrene
KW - Co-extrusion process
KW - Graded-Index plastic optical fiber
KW - High refractive index molecule
KW - PMMA
KW - Plasticization effect
KW - Tg
KW - Thermally stable fiber
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U2 - 10.1117/12.808092
DO - 10.1117/12.808092
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:67649221061
SN - 9780819474599
T3 - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
BT - Organic Photonic Materials and Devices XI
T2 - Organic Photonic Materials and Devices XI
Y2 - 27 January 2009 through 29 January 2009
ER -