One Step Pre-forms for Microstructured Polymer Optical Fibre

用于微结构聚合物光纤的一步预制件

• 批准号: LP0348793
• 负责人: Prof Geoffrey Smith
• 金额: $ 20.57万
• 依托单位: University of Technology Sydney
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Linkage Projects
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2004-04-30 至 2007-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LP0348793
• 关键词: Step; Pre; forms; Microstructured; Polymer

The pre-form rods this project yields will enable polymer optical fibre technology, just as suitable glass pre-forms enabled today's optical fibre. One-step casting techniques will yield PMMA rods with arrays of internal channels which can be empty, or filled with different clear polymer. Polymer microstructured optical fibre (PMOF) suitable for high bandwidth communications is then produced by drawing. It is urgently needed for local communication networks in cars and buildings. Solid PMOF channels are new to this project, and should make PMOF easier to deploy. Nanoscale mapping of light transport modes and polymer defects will help validate channel designs.

该项目生产的预制棒将使聚合物光纤技术成为可能，就像合适的玻璃预制棒使今天的光纤成为可能一样。一步浇铸技术将产生具有内部通道阵列的PMMA棒，这些通道可以是空的，或者填充有不同的透明聚合物。聚合物微结构光纤（PMOF），适用于高带宽通信，然后通过拉伸生产。汽车和建筑物中的本地通信网络迫切需要它。坚实的PMOF通道是这个项目的新特性，应该使PMOF更容易部署。光传输模式和聚合物缺陷的纳米尺度映射将有助于验证通道设计。