Microstructured Polymer Optical Fibres

1. History and Applications of Polymer Fibres and Microstructured Fibres

2. Concepts in Waveguide Theory

3. Guiding Concepts in Microstructured Fibres

4. The Modelling and Design of Microstructured Polymer Optical Fibres

5. Fabrication of Microstructured Polymer Optical Fibres

6. Effects of Drawing on the Microstructure

7. The Handling and Characterisation of Microstructured Polymer Optical Fibres

8. Hollow-Core Microstructured Polymer Optical Fibres

9. Graded-Index Microstructured Polymer Optical Fibres

10. Bragg and Long Period Gratings in mPOF

11. Material Additives for Microstructured Polymer Optical Fibres

Keywords: Chemistry, Optical and Electronic Materials, Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering, Applied Optics, Optoelectronics, Optical Devices, Laser Technology and Physics, Photonics, Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Methods