Application of Polymer Materials in Optical Fiber Technology and Photonics
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Optics and Lasers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2024 | Viewed by 368
Special Issue Editors
Interests: optical fiber technology; optical fiber sensors; material engineering; polymer analysis; better understanding of the structure of new synthesized materials; chemical modification and characterization of optical polymers; material aging and the impact of this process on the usability of materials; thermal and spectroscopic studies of polymers; hybrid materials–organic and inorganic composites
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Interests: development of technologies for new types of low and high birefringent classical optical fibers and microstructured optical fibers made of silica glass and polymers, theoretical optimization of optical fibers, measurements of their transmission and sensing properties, and the development of new materials useful in optical fiber technology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Polymer materials play an extremely important role in the fabrication of optical fibers and photonic compounds. These materials are used as protective coatings, i.e., materials that protect fragile optical fibers made of glass against external factors. It is also important to emphasize that optical fibers made entirely of polymeric materials have been manufactured for several years. These fibers will probably not replace classic fibers in the IT industry, but their use as special fibers is significantly superior to their glass counterparts. Similarly, in photonics, polymers can be used as a protective material or in special applications as an optically active material. This Special Issue on the “Application of Polymer Materials in Optical Fiber Technology and Photonics” may include advances and innovations in the use of existing or modified polymer materials in broadly understood photonics.
Topics of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Influence of new protective coatings in photonic compounds;
- Synthesis and physicochemical properties of new polymers for optical fiber technology;
- New applications of optical fibers with new/special polymer coatings;
- New applications of polymer optical fibers;
- Optically active polymer materials in photonic applications.
Dr. Malgorzta Gil-Kowalczyk
Dr. Paweł Mergo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- optical fibers
- photonics
- polymer materials
- thermal and spectroscopic analysis
- optical analysis
