Single-mode polymer optical fibers

Author

Caspary, Reinhard ; Zaremba, David ; Evert, Robert ; Schutz, Steffen ; Mohl, Sophia ; Cichosch, Alexander ; Johannes, Hans-Hermann ; Kowalsky, Wolfgang

Author_Institution

Inst. fur Hochfrequenztech., Tech. Univ. Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

fYear

2014

fDate

6-10 July 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

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.

Keywords

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; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber sensors; Polymers; fiber fabrication; fiber sensors; polymer optical fibers; single mode fibers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2014 16th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Graz

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2014.6876464

Filename

6876464