Title :
Eu-doped polymer fibers
Author :
Caspary, Reinhard ; Mohl, Sophia ; Cichosch, Alexander ; Evert, Robert ; Schutz, Steffen ; Johannes, Hans-Hermann ; Kowalsky, Wolfgang
Author_Institution :
Inst. fur Hochf.requenztech., Tech. Univ. Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
Abstract :
Polymer optical fibers are a very good choice for flexible and robust short range optical data links. We have developed PMMA with Eu3+-doped polymer chains. From this optically active material we draw fibers. These fibers can be used for UV pumped polymer fiber amplifiers in cases where larger distances have to be bridged. This paper presents the fabrication of these fibers, their optical characteristics and results of first gain measurements.
Keywords :
europium; optical fibre fabrication; optical polymers; polymer fibres; PMMA; UV pumped polymer fiber amplifiers; europium-doped polymer optical fibers; gain measurements; optical characteristics; optical data links; optical fibre fabrication; optically active material; Absorption; Light emitting diodes; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber dispersion; Polymers; Europium; fiber amplifiers; fiber fabrication; polymer optical fibers;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2013 15th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cartagena
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2013.6602870
