Characterization of Chromatic Dispersion and Refractive Index of Polymer Optical Fibers

The chromatic dispersion and the refractive index of poly(methyl methacrylate) polymer optical fibers (POFs) have been characterized in this work by using a tunable femtosecond laser and a Streak Camera. The characterization technique is based on the measurement of the time delays of light pulses pr...

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Autores principales: Ayesta, Igor, Zubia, Joseba, Arrue, Jon, Illarramendi, María Asunción, Azkune, Mikel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6418912/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30966030
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym9120730
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Sumario:The chromatic dispersion and the refractive index of poly(methyl methacrylate) polymer optical fibers (POFs) have been characterized in this work by using a tunable femtosecond laser and a Streak Camera. The characterization technique is based on the measurement of the time delays of light pulses propagating along POFs at different wavelengths. Polymer fibers of three different lengths made by two manufacturers have been employed for that purpose, and discrepancies lower than 3% have been obtained in all cases.

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