• DocumentCode
    675268
  • Title

    Infrared thermometry for detecting flaws in large-core polymer optical fibers

  • Author

    Hayashi, Neisei ; Mizuno, Yosuke ; Nakamura, Kentaro

  • Author_Institution
    Precision & Intell. Lab., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Yokohama, Japan
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    27-30 Oct. 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We develop a cost-effective method for detecting flaws in large-core polymer optical fibers based on infrared thermometry. When the propagating light is 282 mW at 1.55 μm the temperature dependence of the optical loss at the flaw is linear with a proportionality constant of 0.74 dB/°C which can be enhanced using high-power light source.
  • Keywords
    infrared imaging; light propagation; light sources; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre losses; optical fibre testing; optical polymers; temperature measurement; flaw detection; high-power light source enhancement; infrared thermometry; large-core polymer optical fibers; light propagation; optical loss; proportionality constant; wavelength 1.55 mum; Loss measurement; Optical device fabrication; Optical fibers; Optical losses; Optical variables measurement; Temperature measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microoptics Conference (MOC), 2013 18th
  • Conference_Location
    Tokyo
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6715165