Title :
Polymer optical fiber amplifiers
Author :
Caspary, Reinhard ; Schütz, Simon ; Möhl, Sophia ; Cichosch, Alexander ; Johannes, Hans-Hermann ; Kowalsky, Wolfgang
Author_Institution :
Inst. fur Hochfrequenztech., Tech. Univ. Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
Abstract :
We develop Europium complexes and are now integrating them covalently into the polymer chains of PMMA. Monomer free polymer preforms are prepared, from which optical fibers are drawn. Our aim is to use these fibers as optical amplifiers at about 614 nm for in-house communication systems. In this paper we present the current state of the material development as well as optical measurements.
Keywords :
europium compounds; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre fabrication; optical polymers; polymer fibres; preforms; PMMA; europium complexes; in-house communication systems; material development; monomer free polymer preforms; optical measurements; polymer chains; polymer optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber networks; Polymers; Preforms; Europium; fiber amplifiers; fiber fabrication; polymer optical fibers;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2012 14th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Coventry
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2228-7
Electronic_ISBN :
2161-2056
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2012.6253750
