Polymer Fiber Optics: Materials, Physics, and Applications

✍ Scribed by Mark G. Kuzyk

• Publisher: CRC Press;Taylor & Francis
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 399
• Series: Optical science and engineering 117
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This straightforward text examines the scientific principles, characterization techniques, and fabrication methods used to design and produce high quality optical fibers. Polymer Fiber Optics: Materials, Physics, and Applications focuses on the fundamental concepts that will continue to play a role in future research and applications.

This book documents the underlying physics of polymer fibers, particularly aspects of light interaction, and details the practical considerations for a broad range of characterization techniques used to investigate new phenomena. The book presents basic fabrication techniques and protocols that will likely remain useful as new advances address specific processing challenges. The author presents a fresh approach to standard derivations, using numerous figures and diagrams to break down complex concepts and illustrate theoretical calculations. The final chapters draw attention to the latest directions in research and novel applications, including photomechanical actuation, electro-optic fibers, and smart materials.

✦ Table of Contents

Content: HISTORY OF POLYMER OPTICAL FIBERS Introduction Using Light for Telecommunications Glass Fibers Polymer Fibers The Future LIGHT PROPAGATION IN A FIBER WAVEGUIDE Introduction Bound Modes of Step-Index Fibers Multimode Waveguides Ray Propagation in a Graded-Index Medium Directional Couplers Conclusion Acknowledgments FABRICATING FIBERS Making Polymer Fibers by Extrusion Making Polymer Fiber by Drawing a Preform Birefringence of Drawn Fibers Mechanical Properties of Fibers THEORY OF REFRACTIVE INDEX AND LOSS Refractive Index Optical Loss Bending Loss Dispersion A Practical ExamplePolarization CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES AND PROPERTIES Refractive Index Optical Loss Numerical Aperture Bandwidth TRANSMISSION, LIGHT SOURCES, AND AMPLIFIERS Transmission Displays Optical Amplification and Lasing OPTICAL SWITCHING Electrooptic Switching All-Optical Switching STRUCTURED FIBERS AND SPECIALTY APPLICATIONS Bragg Gratings Advanced Structured Fibers Photorefraction Stress and Temperature Sensors Chemical Sensors Appendix - Coupled Wave Equation SMART FIBERS AND MATERIALS Smart Materials Photomechanical Effects The Future of Smart Photonic Materials CONCLUSION Bibliography Index

✦ Subjects

Fiber optics -- Materials;Optical materials;Polymers -- Optical properties;Optischer Werkstoff;Kunststofflichtleiter;Lichtwellenleiter;Lichtleitfaser;Polymere;Optische Eigenschaft;Polymer chemistry;Optical prop of chemical substances;Fiber optics;QD 241-441 Organic chemistry