Femtosecond Laser Inscribed Bragg Gratings in Low Loss CYTOP Polymer Optical Fiber

Lacraz, Amédéé; Polis, Michael P.; Theodosiou, Antreas; Koutsides, Charalambos; Kalli, Kyriacos

doi:10.1109/lpt.2014.2386692

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“…Direct femtosecond writing is one such technology [36,37], but it is very expensive. In order to use UV writing to obtain low inscription times for undoped POFs made of different materials, this paper presents FBG inscription in several different POFs using both a pulsed KrF @ 248 nm laser and a CW HeCd @ 325 nm laser with all fiber pieces properly pre-annealed.…”

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Fast and stable gratings inscription in POFs made of different materials with pulsed 248 nm KrF laser

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“…There are some reports of polymer optical fiber Bragg gratings (POFBGs) in multimode POFs [18]- [20]. However, POFBGs are usually inscribed in single-mode POFs, such as microstructured POFs (mPOFs) that present a pattern of holes through the fiber separated by a certain pitch [21].…”

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Influence of the Cladding Structure in PMMA mPOFs Mechanical Properties for Strain Sensors Applications

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Abstract-This paper presents a dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) of a microstructured polymer optical fiber (mPOF). The fiber material is polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), which is widely available commercially. The DMA is made by means of sequential strain cycles produced with an oscillatory load with controlled frequency to obtain the variation of the Young's Modulus with respect to temperature, frequency and humidity for mPOFs with 2, 3 and 5-ring hexagonal microstructured cladding. Results show that the 3 different cladding structures have similar Young's modulus on the stress-strain tests performed. Furthermore, the 3-ring structure presents the lowest Young's Modulus variation with temperature among the samples tested, whereas the 5-ring structure presents a Young's Modulus variation with frequency 25% lower than the 2 and 3-rings cladding structures. Regarding the humidity sensitivity, the 2-ring structure presented a 30% lower Young's Modulus variation for a 25% humidity increase. The results obtained provide guidelines for the cladding structure choice for strain or stress sensors applications when low cross-sensitivity with temperature, humidity and frequency is desired.Index Terms-microstrutured polymer optical fiber, dynamic mechanical analysis, polymethyl methacrylate.

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“…The aforementioned characteristics come in handy especially in fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors, for some applications of which, materials alternative to silica are incessantly sought for. To date, the most widespread material for polymer-based FBGs is PMMA [1,2,[8][9][10], although the use of some alternative plastics, such as CYTOP (amorphous fluoropolymer) [11] Polycarbonate optical fibers were introduced by Fujitsu in 1986 (the core was made of PC, with a polyolefin-based material as the cladding) [24] and have been extensively studied and used since then [25][26][27]. Polycarbonate is an engineering plastic that exhibits excellent clarity and impact strength [28].…”

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Fabrication and characterization of polycarbonate microstructured polymer optical fibers for high-temperature-resistant fiber Bragg grating strain sensors

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Abstract:Here we present the fabrication of a solid-core microstructured polymer optical fiber (mPOF) made of polycarbonate (PC), and report the first experimental demonstration of a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) written in a PC optical fiber. The PC used in this work has a glass transition temperature of 145°C. We also characterize the mPOF optically and mechanically, and further test the sensitivity of the PC FBG to strain and temperature. We demonstrate that the PC FBG can bear temperatures as high as 125°C without malfunctioning. In contrast, polymethyl methacrylate-based FBG technology is generally limited to temperatures below 90°C. ©2016 Optical Society of America

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Femtosecond Laser Inscribed Bragg Gratings in Low Loss CYTOP Polymer Optical Fiber

Cited by 159 publications

References 14 publications

Fast and stable gratings inscription in POFs made of different materials with pulsed 248 nm KrF laser

Fast and stable gratings inscription in POFs made of different materials with pulsed 248 nm KrF laser

Influence of the Cladding Structure in PMMA mPOFs Mechanical Properties for Strain Sensors Applications

Fabrication and characterization of polycarbonate microstructured polymer optical fibers for high-temperature-resistant fiber Bragg grating strain sensors

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