Gain and ultrafast optical switching in PMMA optical fibers and films doped with luminescent conjugated polymers and oligomers |
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Authors: | Ana CHARAS Ana L MENDONCA Jenny CLARK Juan CABANILLAS-GONZALEZ Luca BAZZANA Alessandro NOCIVELLI Guglielmo LANZANI Jorge MORGADO |
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Affiliation: | 1. Institute de Telecomunicacoes, Lisbon P-1049-001, Portugal 2. Institute de Telecomunicacoes, Lisbon P-1049-001, Portugal;Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Institute Superior Tecnico, Lisbon P-1049-001, Portugal 3. Department of Physics, Politecnico di Milano, Milan 20133, Italy 4. Luceat S.p.A., Dello BS 25020, Italy |
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Abstract: | Conjugated luminescent polymers and oligomers, exhibiting stimulated emission (SE), are dispersed in polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA), films and optical fibers, either by blending or upon copolymerisation. With this PMMA doping, we aim to achieve gain and ultrafast optical switching. The modification of the dopant's chemical structure allows the tuning of the SE spectral region. Furthermore, we aim to achieve dopant chain isolation while maximising their concentration. In this paper, we present an overview of the research done in this area in the context of the European Union (EU)-funded research project "plastic optical fibers with embedded active polymers for data communications - POLYCOM". |
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Keywords: | plastic optical fibers optical gain and switching conjugated luminescent polymers dopants |
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