Title
Single-mode polymer optical fibers
Abstract
The mechanical properties of polymer optical fibers (POF) make them very interesting candidates for fiber optical sensors. Today POFs are mainly used for short range data communication. These fibers have a very large core of 980 μm. This large core is beneficial for handling and maintenance in fiber networks. Fiber sensors however, often need high optical intensity or optical coherence (e.g. in fiber Bragg gratings). For such applications there is a need for single mode polymer optical fibers (SMPOF). It turns out that the fabrication process of SMPOFs is not just a matter of scaling, but requires new approaches to obtain high quality fibers.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1109/ICTON.2014.6876464
Transparent Optical Networks
Keywords
DocType
ISSN
bragg gratings,fibre optic sensors,optical fibre communication,optical fibre fabrication,optical polymers,fabrication process,fiber bragg gratings,fiber networks,fiber optical sensors,optical intensity,short range data communication,single mode polymer optical fibers,fiber fabrication,fiber sensors,polymer optical fibers,single mode fibers,polymers
Conference
2162-7339
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
8