• DocumentCode
    2634896
  • Title

    Photomechanical effects due to photoisomerization in dye-doped polymer fibers

  • Author

    Kuzyk, Mark G. ; Bian, Shaoping

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-22 Oct. 2005
  • Firstpage
    579
  • Lastpage
    580
  • Abstract
    In this paper, optically-induced differential expansion in a dye-doped polymer optical fiber is studied, which can be used to make an optically-controlled cantilever. A kinetic model that includes both the photothermal and photoisomerization mechanisms is developed
  • Keywords
    dyes; isomerisation; optical fibres; optical polymers; photochemistry; photothermal effects; polymer fibres; thermal expansion; dye-doped polymer fibers; optically-controlled cantilever; optically-induced differential expansion; photoisomerization; photomechanical effects; photothermal effects; Electrical capacitance tomography; Heating; Laser beams; Mirrors; Optical devices; Optical polymers; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Power lasers; Pump lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2005. LEOS 2005. The 18th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Sydney, NSW
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9217-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2005.1548129
  • Filename
    1548129