Luminescence Study of Polymer Optical Fibers Doped With Conjugated Polymers

Author

Ayesta, Igor ; Illarramendi, María Asunción ; Arrue, Jon ; Jiménez, Felipe ; Zubia, Joseba ; Bikandi, Iñaki ; Ugartemendia, Jone M. ; Sarasua, Jose-Ramon

Author_Institution

Dept. of Commun. Eng., Univ. of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Bilbao, Spain

Volume

30

Issue

21

fYear

2012

Firstpage

3367

Lastpage

3375

Abstract

The characterization of the spectral emission and of the photostability of polymer optical fibers (POFs) doped with conjugated polymers has been carried out taking into account the distribution of the dopant in the fiber core. Four different conjugated polymers embedded in the matrix of the typical POF material have been analyzed. Measurements include, among others, evolutions of the emission with excitation wavelength and time, spectral changes for different excitation irradiances, and the influence of the propagation distance along the fiber.

Keywords

conducting polymers; fluorescence; optical fibre testing; optical polymers; polymer fibres; POF material; conjugated polymers; excitation irradiance; excitation wavelength; fiber core; luminescence; photostability; polymer optical fibers; propagation distance; spectral emission; Absorption; Measurement by laser beam; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber couplers; Polymers; Amplifiers; conjugated polymers; fluorescence; lasers; organic materials; polymer optical fibers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2012.2218216

Filename

6303820