Fabrication and Characterization of Polymer Optical Fibers Doped with Perylene-Derivatives for Fluorescent Lighting Applications

Four different dye-doped polymer optical fibers (POFs) have been fabricated following a two-step fabrication process of preform extrusion and fiber drawing, using poly-(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) as host material and dye derivatives from perylene and naphtalimide as active dopants. The side illumin...

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Autores: Parola Domingo, Itxaso, Arrospide Zabala, Eneko, Recart Barañano, Federico, Illarramendi Leturia, María Asunción, Durana Apaolaza, Gaizka, Guarrotxena, Nekane, García, Olga, Zubia Zaballa, Joseba Andoni
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universidad del País Vasco
Repositorio:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigación
OAI Identifier:oai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/27569
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10810/27569
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:polymer optical fiber
fiber fabrication
fluorescent materials
lumogen
fluorescent fiber solar concentrator
luminescent solar concentrators
electrospun nanofibers
amplification
illumination
efficiency
emission
lasers
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Sumario:Four different dye-doped polymer optical fibers (POFs) have been fabricated following a two-step fabrication process of preform extrusion and fiber drawing, using poly-(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) as host material and dye derivatives from perylene and naphtalimide as active dopants. The side illumination technique (SIT) has been employed in order to determine some optical properties of the fabricated fibers, such as the side illumination coupling efficiency, optical loss coefficients, and their performance under solar simulator excitation. The aim of this work is to investigate the performance of the manufactured fibers for fluorescent lighting applications, specially targeting on fluorescent fiber based solar concentrators.