Light-Matter Interactions In Nanoparticle-doped Microstructured Polymer Fibres

微结构光纤被定义为“下一代”光纤。这项提议提供了在这一充满活力的新领域取得重大进展的机会，不仅通过其微观结构改变了纤维的性质，而且还改变了其材料性质。这项拟议的研究将使我们能够通过利用三种完全不同的技术来制造新型光纤：聚合物材料、微结构聚合物纤维(MPOF)和纳米颗粒。该项目将在我们现有的成功基础上开发多光子晶体光纤，并在基础科学和能够并将被商业化的应用方面创造重大的新机会。

Microstructured optical fibres have been defined as the 'next generation' of optical fibres. This proposal offers the opportunity to make major advances in this dynamic new area, not only changing the fibre properties by means of its microstructured but also by its material properties. The proposed research will enable us to fabricate new types of optical fibre by exploiting three completely different technologies: polymer materials, microstructured polymer fibres (mPOF) and nanoparticles. This project will build on our existing success in developing mPOF, and create major new opportunities, both in fundamental science and in applications that could and would be commercialised.