Title :
Applications of microstructured polymer optical fibers
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys., Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
This paper considers several applications of microstructured polymer optical fibres (mPOF) which rely on the properties of the polymer. These include strain sensing using single-mode mPOF inscribed with long period gratings, the use chiral materials to make circularly birefringent fibres, combinations of polymers to study novel fibre designs and the use of novel polymers for THz waveguides.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; birefringence; fibre optic sensors; holey fibres; microwave photonics; optical polymers; polymer fibres; strain sensors; THz waveguides; birefringent fibres; chiral materials; fibre designs; long period gratings; microstructured polymer optical fibers; strain sensing; Gratings; Indexes; Optical fibers; Polymers; Strain;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Global Conference (PGC), 2010
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9882-6
DOI :
10.1109/PGC.2010.5706084
