Polymeric guest-host system for nonlinear optical fibres

Author

Peng, G.D. ; Latif, A. ; Chu, P.L. ; Chaplin, R.A.

Author_Institution

New South Wales Univ., Kensington, NSW, Australia

fYear

1994

fDate

25-29 Jul 1994

Firstpage

86

Lastpage

88

Abstract

In summary, preliminary experimental study on nonlinear organic polymer fibre is carried out by characterising material losses, refractive indices, and thermal and mechanical properties of several organic polymers and a highly nonlinear organic compound (P-carotene). The polymerisation or copolymerisation conditions have been investigated and low loss samples for either core or cladding have been fabricated. Further, we have fabricated uniform PMMA/PEMA fibre preforms doped with carotene. The work is being continued to investigate other high nonlinearity organic compounds and to fabricate nonlinear polymer fibres, upon the completion of a fibre drawing setup

Keywords

drawing (mechanical); nonlinear optics; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre losses; polymerisation; refractive index; P-carotene; PEMA fibre preform fabrication; PMMA fibre preform fabrication; cladding; copolymerisation conditions; core; fibre drawing setup; highly nonlinear organic compound; low loss samples; material losses; mechanical properties; nonlinear optical fibres; nonlinear organic polymer fibre; nonlinear polymer fibres; organic polymers; polymeric guest-host system; polymerisation; refractive indices; thermal properties; Mechanical factors; Optical fiber losses; Optical fibers; Optical losses; Optical materials; Optical polymers; Optical refraction; Organic compounds; Organic materials; Preforms;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals, and Applications, 1994. NLO '94 IEEE

Conference_Location

Waikoloa, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1473-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NLO.1994.470885

Filename

470885