Title :
Dopant-free fabrication process for graded-index polymer optical fiber solely based on temperature treatment
Author :
Bunge, Christian-A. ; Beckers, Markus ; Gries, Thomas ; Bremer, Kort ; Roth, Bernhard
Author_Institution :
Hochschule fur Telekommunikation Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Abstract :
A simple continuous fabrication process for graded-index polymer optical fibers is presented that does not rely on dopants to form the refractive-index profile. A conventional melt-spinning process is followed by rapid cooling. This will result in a density gradient and finally in a refractive-index profile.
Keywords :
gradient index optics; optical fabrication; optical polymers; refractive index; density gradient; dopant-free fabrication process; graded-index polymer optical fiber; melt-spinning process; refractive-index profile; temperature treatment; Cooling; Integrated optics; Optical device fabrication; Optical fibers; Optical polymers; Temperature measurement; Polymer optical fiber; fiber fabrication; multimode fiber; optical measurement techniques;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2015 17th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Budapest
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2015.7193647
