Power Losses in Deformed Polymer Optical Fiber Under High Temperature

Author

Chen, Yung-Chuan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Vehicle Eng., Nat. Pingtung Univ. of Sci. & Technol.

Volume

24

Issue

12

fYear

2006

Firstpage

4983

Lastpage

4990

Abstract

This paper investigates the power losses incurred in polymer optical fibers (POFs) deformed with different bend radii of curvature and elongation ratios under high-temperature conditions. A simple tensile test is conducted to calculate the average plastic-energy density (APED) in the deformed POFs. The APED provides a key index for evaluating the power loss in deformed POFs under high temperature. Based on the experimental results, a curve-fitted equation is derived to estimate the power loss in a POF for a given set of deformation and temperature conditions. The difference between the estimated results and the experimental results is found to be less than 6%

Keywords

deformation; elongation; optical fibre losses; optical fibre testing; optical polymers; tensile testing; average plastic-energy density; bend curvature radii; deformed polymer optical fiber; elongation ratios; power loss; tensile test; Automobiles; Loss measurement; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber losses; Optical fibers; Optical losses; Optical polymers; Temperature; Testing; Thermal stresses; Bend radii; elongation; high temperature; plastic-energy density; polymer optical fiber; power loss;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2006.884986

Filename

4063388