High-bandwidth graded-index polymer optical fiber with high-temperature stability

Author

Ishigure, Takaaki ; Sato, Masataka ; Kondo, Atsushi ; Koike, Yasuhiro

Author_Institution

Fac. of Sci. & Technol., Keio Univ., Yokohama, Japan

Volume

20

Issue

8

fYear

2002

fDate

8/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1443

Lastpage

1448

Abstract

A newly developed graded-index polymer optical fiber (GI-POF) with high-temperature and high-humidity stability was proposed. As it was found that the high numerical aperture and high glass transition temperature (T_g) at the core center of the GI-POF were key issues to achieve both high-temperature and humidity stability, a partially fluorinated polymer material was adopted to obtain both characteristics in the GI-POF. The newly developed GI-POF had low-loss (140 dB/km at 650-nm wavelength), high-bandwidth (higher than 1 GHz for 100 m transmission), high-temperature and humidity stability at 70°C, 80% relative humidity (R.H.) and low bending loss.

Keywords

glass transition; gradient index optics; humidity; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre losses; optical fibres; optical polymers; polymer blends; refractive index; thermal stability; 1 GHz; 100 m; 650 nm; 70 C; MMA-3FMA copolymer tube; core center; high glass transition temperature; high numerical aperture; high-bandwidth graded-index polymer optical fiber; high-humidity stability; high-temperature stability; low bending loss; low-loss; partially fluorinated polymer material; Apertures; Feeds; Glass; Humidity; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Optical losses; Optical polymers; Stability; Temperature;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2002.800798

Filename

1058152