Micro-Structured Plastic Optical Fibres (mPOFs) Doped With CdSe/Zns Quantum Dots Intended for Optical Amplification

D. S. V. Medeiros; R. M. Ribeiro; A. P. L. Barbero; P. H. D. Ruas; L. C. Barbosa; E. F. Chillcce; R. E. R. Gonzáles

doi:10.14209/sbrt.2011.123

Micro-Structured Plastic Optical Fibres (mPOFs) Doped With CdSe/Zns Quantum Dots Intended for Optical Amplification

D. S. V. Medeiros, R. M. Ribeiro, A. P. L. Barbero, P. H. D. Ruas, L. C. Barbosa, E. F. Chillcce, R. E. R. Gonzáles

DOI: 10.14209/sbrt.2011.123

Evento: XXIX Simpósio Brasileiro de Telecomunicações (SBrT2011)

Keywords: Quantum Dots mPOF Optical Amplifier

Abstract

This paper reports the manufacture, doping and optical characterization of star-type (Poly-Methyl-Methacrylate) PMMA mPOFs doped with CdSe/ZnS quantum-dots, which are intended to be a visible optical amplifier media for “short-waves” (< 600 nm, specially 570 nm) for PMMA POF links.

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