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 language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 156/[572]-164/[580] |
| Journal | Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals |
| Volume | 532 |
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| State | Published - 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