Fabrication and optical properties of erbium-doped polymer films

Wook Hyun Kim, Soo Chool Lee, Kee Jeong Yang, Myung Seok Choi, Eui Sang Yoo, Yoon Soo Han

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Abstract

The crosslinked, fluorinated, patterned and erbium (Er3+) doped polymer films were fabricated by UV-curing after a simple spin-coating. Er 3+-doped solutions containing Irgacure 819 used as a radical-type photoinitiator were prepared using erbium (III) trifluoromethane sulfonate as an erbium source, 2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5-octafluoropentyl acrylate as a fluorinated monomer, trimethylolpropane triacrylate and Ebecyl 810 resin as a crosslinking agent with various weight ratios. The fluorinated polymer films fabricated in this study showed the excellent transmission property more than 80% over visible and NIR region, and high thermal decomposition temperature about 310°C sufficient for optical device applications. From these results, the Er 3+-doped polymer films developed in this study could be applied to optical telecommunication devices.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)156/[572]-164/[580]
JournalMolecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals
Volume532
DOIs
StatePublished - 18 Oct 2010

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This research was supported by a grant from the Fundamental R&D Program for Core Technology of Materials funded by the Ministry of Knowledge Economy, Republic of Korea.

Keywords

  • Amplifiers
  • UV curing
  • erbium
  • fluorinated monomer
  • fluorinated polymer
  • optical telecommunication device

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