Polymeric Coating of Optical Silica Fibers, and a Nanomaterial-Based Coating System

Author

Suhir, E.

Author_Institution

Univ. of California, Santa Cruz

fYear

2007

fDate

Jan. 16 2007-Yearly 18 2007

Firstpage

174

Lastpage

178

Abstract

This paper consists of two parts - the review and the extension. The review part deals primarily with the mechanical behavior of the existing polymer coated fiber optics structures subjected to thermally induced and/or mechanical loading in bending, tension, compression, or to various combinations of such loadings. The extension part of the article addresses a possible new generation of optical fiber coatings and deals with the application of nano-particle materials (NPMs) as an attractive and promising substitute for the existing optical fiber coatings.

Keywords

antireflection coatings; nanoparticles; optical fibre cladding; optical polymers; fiber optics structures; mechanical behavior; mechanical loading; nanomaterial-based coating; nanoparticle materials; optical fiber coatings; optical silica fibers; polymeric coating; thermally induced loading; Coatings; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Optical materials; Optical polymers; Optical sensors; Photonics; Polymer films; Silicon compounds; Thermal loading; Optical fibers; coatings; nano-materials; predictive modeling; reliability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Polymers and Adhesives in Microelectronics and Photonics, 2007. Polytronic 2007. 6th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Odaiba, Tokyo

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1186-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1186-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/POLYTR.2007.4339162

Filename

4339162