Authors:
Yazmin Padilla Michel
1
;
Massimiliano Lucci
2
;
Mauro Casalboni
2
;
Patrick Steglich
1
and
Sigurd Schrader
3
Affiliations:
1
Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau and University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Germany
;
2
University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy
;
3
Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau, Germany
Keyword(s):
Fibre Optics, Coating Materials, Young’s Modulus, Nanoindentation, Attenuation.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Fiber Optics
;
Mobile Software and Services
;
Optical Instrumentation
;
Optical Materials
;
Optics
;
Optics in Astronomy and Astrophysics
;
Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology
;
Telecommunications
;
Wireless Information Networks and Systems
Abstract:
Optical multimode fibres have a wide variety of applications ranging from industrial to medical use.
Therefore, even if they are just used as waveguides or sensors, it is important to characterise the whole
fingerprint, including the optical and mechanical properties of such fibres. Since the stiffness/elasticity of a
material could influence the optical output of a fibre due to micro-bendings, in this paper we report the
calculated Young’s Modulus of acrylate, fluorinated acrylate, polyimide and silicone, which are the four
most used coating materials for such optical components. The results demonstrate that Young’s Modulus
does have an impact on the attenuation of propagating light along the optical fibre. However, the refractive
index of the coating materials still has a significant impact on the performance of optical fibres.