Long-term stability enhancement of Brillouin gain spectrum measurementin plastic optical fibers by mitigating multiple Fresnel reflections

Natsuki Matsutani; Heeyoung Lee; Yosuke Mizuno; Kentaro Nakamura

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3 Optics and Photonics » 3.14 Optical control devices and optical fibers

[7a-C14-1~9] 3.14 Optical control devices and optical fibers

3.5と3.14のコードシェアセッションあり

Thu. Sep 7, 2017 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM C14 (office 3-1)

Hirohisa Yokota(Ibaraki Univ.), Toru Mizunami(Kyushu Institute of Technology)

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM

[7a-C14-9] Long-term stability enhancement of Brillouin gain spectrum measurementin plastic optical fibers by mitigating multiple Fresnel reflections

〇(M1)Natsuki Matsutani¹, Heeyoung Lee¹, Yosuke Mizuno¹, Kentaro Nakamura¹ (1.Tokyo Tech)

Keywords:plastic optical fiber, Fresnel reflection, Brillouin scattering

For Brillouin-sensing applications, we develop a method of mitigating the Fresnel reflection at the end of perfluorinated plastic optical fibers by covering there with amorphous fluoropolymer (CYTOP; material of the fiber core) dissolved in volatile solvent. Even after the solvent evaporates, the CYTOP layer remains, leading to long-lasting Fresnel reduction.