Measurements of stress-optic coefficient in polymer optical fibers

Marcin K. Szczurowski; Tadeusz Martynkien; Gabriela Statkiewicz-Barabach; Waclaw Urbanczyk; Lutful Khan; David J. Webb

doi:10.1364/OL.35.002013

Measurements of stress-optic coefficient in polymer optical fibers

Marcin K. Szczurowski, Tadeusz Martynkien, Gabriela Statkiewicz-Barabach, Waclaw Urbanczyk, Lutful Khan, David J. Webb

Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies (AiPT)

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Abstract

We have systematically measured the differential stress-optic coefficient, ?C, in a number of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) fibers drawn with different stress, ranging from 2 up to 27 MPa. ?C was determined in transverse illumination by measuring the dependence of birefringence on additional axial stress applied to the fiber. Our results show that ?C in PMMA fibers has a negative sign and ranges from -4.5 to -4.5×10-12 Pa-1, depending on the drawing stress. Increase of the drawing stress results in greater initial fiber birefringence and lower ?C.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2013-2015
Number of pages	3
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	35
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.35.002013
Publication status	Published - 8 Jun 2010

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Keywords

differential stress-optic coefficient
poly(methyl methacrylate) fibers
stress
transverse illumination
dependence
birefringence
fiber birefringence

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