Title :
Randomly microstructured polymer optical fibre
Author :
Town, Graham E. ; Chaplin, Rod M. ; Withford, Michael J. ; Baer, David
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron., Macquarie Univ., Sydney, NSW
Abstract :
Microstructured polymer optical fibre was fabricated in which bubbles were randomly distributed in the fibre cladding. The bubbles partly guided and partly scattered light propagating in the fibre core.
Keywords :
bubbles; light propagation; optical fibre cladding; optical polymers; bubbles; fibre cladding; fibre core; light propagation; random distribution; randomly microstructured polymer optical fibre; Assembly; Fiber lasers; Heating; Laser applications; Moisture; Optical fibers; Optical polymers; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Silicon compounds;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fibre Technology/Australian Optical Society, 2006. ACOFT/AOS 2006. Australian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
Print_ISBN :
978-0-9775657-1-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-9775657-1-9
DOI :
10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519226