Determination of the radial profile of the photoelastic coefficient of polymer optical fibers

Sophie Acheroy; Patrick Merken; Thomas Geernaert; Heidi Ottevaere; Hugo Thienpont; Francis Berghmans

doi:10.1117/12.2227793

27 April 2016 Determination of the radial profile of the photoelastic coefficient of polymer optical fibers

Sophie Acheroy, Patrick Merken, Thomas Geernaert, Heidi Ottevaere, Hugo Thienpont, Francis Berghmans

Proceedings Volume 9886, Micro-Structured and Specialty Optical Fibres IV; 98861K (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2227793
Event: SPIE Photonics Europe, 2016, Brussels, Belgium

Abstract

We determine the radial profile of the photoelastic constant C(r) in two single mode and one multimode polymer optical fibers (POFs), all fabricated from polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA). To determine C(r) we first determine the retardance of the laterally illuminated fiber submitted to a known tensile stress uniformly distributed over the fiber cross-section. Then we determine the inverse Abel transform of the measured retardance to finally obtain C(r). We compare two algorithms based on the Fourier theory to perform the inverse transform. We obtain disparate distributions of C(r) in the three fibers. The mean value of C(r) varies from -7.6×10^-14 to 5.4×10^-12 Pa^-1. This indicates that, in contrast to glass fibers, the radial profile of the photoelastic constant can considerable vary depending on the type and treatment of POFs, even when made from similar materials, and hence the photoelastic constant should be measured for each type of POF.

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Sophie Acheroy, Patrick Merken, Thomas Geernaert, Heidi Ottevaere, Hugo Thienpont, and Francis Berghmans "Determination of the radial profile of the photoelastic coefficient of polymer optical fibers", Proc. SPIE 9886, Micro-Structured and Specialty Optical Fibres IV, 98861K (27 April 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2227793

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