| Issue |
EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 162, 2017
International Conference on Applied Photonics and Electronics 2017 (InCAPE2017)
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| Article Number | 01018 | |
| Number of page(s) | 5 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201716201018 | |
| Published online | 22 November 2017 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201716201018
Polymer optical fiber tapering using chemical solvent and polishing
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Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment
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Institute of Microelectronic and Nanotechnology, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43000, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
* Corresponding author: cawa711@gmail.com
Published online: 22 November 2017
A method for developing polymer optical fiber (POF) directional coupler is introduced where the initial procedure includes using chemical solvent to remove the cladding, and bare out the core in order to align the unclad center of the fiber with other similar fiber to develop a coupler. The process is safe, simple, inexpensive and require low operation skill. The etched fiber offers improvement to the performance of various POF devices, i.e, couplers and sensors. Instead of relying only on silica or glass fiber, POF now can be used as an alternative to improve the network performance in short distance communication system. The measurement parameters laid out offer great outcomes. However, the couplers intended to be developed is yet to be realized, where deeper research and various experiments are needed in order to develop a simple but optimum performance coupler that can be used for various applications.
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