Description
ELSEVIER Polymer Optical Fibres 1St Edition by Christian Alexander Bunge and Markus Beckers and Thomas Gries
Polymer Optical Fibres: Fibre Types, Materials, Fabrication, Characterization, and Applications explores polymer optical fibers, specifically their materials, fabrication, characterization, measurement techniques, and applications. Optical effects, including light propagation, degrading effects of attenuation, scattering, and dispersion, are explained. Other important parameters like mechanical strength, operating temperatures, and processability are also described. Polymer optical fibers (POF) have a number of advantages over glass fibers, such as low cost, flexibility, low weight, electromagnetic immunity, good bandwidth, simple installation, and mechanical stability.
Key Features:
Provides systematic and comprehensive coverage of materials, fabrication, properties, measurement techniques, and applications of POF
Focuses on industry needs in communication, illumination and sensors, the automotive industry, and medical and biotechnology
Features input from leading experts in POF technology, with experience spanning optoelectronics, polymer, and textiles
Explains optical effects, including light propagation, degrading effects of attenuation, scattering, and dispersion
Readership
Optical fibre engineers, communication engineers and physicists, polymer chemists, and students and engineers in textile technology, automotives, industrial automation, lighting, medical engineering and biotechnology.
About the Editors:
Christian-Alexander Bunge Editor
Prof. Christian-Alexander Bunge works in the Institute for Communications Technology at University of Applied Sciences Leipzig (HfTL), on microstructured and solid polymer fibers, in optical, acoustic, magnet, and mechanical sensor technologies and optical communications. HfTL specialises in ICT and is organised in cooperation with Deutsche Telekom AG.
Affiliations and Expertise
University of Applied Sciences Leipzig (HfTL), Germany
Markus Beckers Editor
Mr Markus Beckers works in the ITA. RWTH Aachen is ranked no. 1 University for technology in Germany and ITA is in a top international position in polymer fibre production and application research. It specialises in process upscaling and product development close to market.
Affiliations and Expertise
RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Thomas Gries Editor
Professor Thomas Gries, director of the Institut für Textiltechnik (ITA) of RWTH Aachen University, Germany, has been awarded an honorary professorship by Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) in lieu of his extraordinary scientific achievement in the development of fibre-based composites. Prof. Gries has been credited with systematic research, development and implementation of the concept of "Tailored Reinforcement Textiles" - from the basic idea up to an industrial production approach, in the process fulfilling the pre-conditions for resource-efficient production of composite components and their wide application for lightweight applications, especially in the automotive industry.
Affiliations and Expertise
RWTH Aachen University, Germany