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Fabrication and Characterization of Disordered Polymer Optical Fibers for Transverse Anderson Localization of Light
Published on: July 29, 2013
Measurements of stress-optic coefficient in polymer optical fibers
Marcin K Szczurowski1, Tadeusz Martynkien, Gabriela Statkiewicz-Barabach
1Institute of Physics, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland.
Abstract:
We have systematically measured the differential stress-optic coefficient, DeltaC, in a number of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) fibers drawn with different stress, ranging from 2 up to 27 MPa. DeltaC was determined in transverse illumination by measuring the dependence of birefringence on additional axial stress applied to the fiber. Our results show that DeltaC in PMMA fibers has a negative sign and ranges from -4.5 to -4.5x10(-12) Pa(-1), depending on the drawing stress. Increase of the drawing stress results in greater initial fiber birefringence and lower DeltaC.
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