Determination of the optimal extrusion temperature of the PMMA optical fibers

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https://doi.org/10.4302/plp.v11i1.889

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The aim of this work was to determine optimal extrusion temperature for polymer optical fibers. For preliminary studies poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) granulate was used. Samples of commercially available PMMA were subjected to four different temperatures in which were kept in oven for three different period of time. To examine the changes in the chemical structure of the polymer, an ATR-FT-IR (Attenuation Total Reflection Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy) was chosen.

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Author Biographies

Malwina Julita Niedźwiedź, Maria Curie Sklodowska-University

Department of Polymer 

Małgorzata Gil, Maria Curie Sklodowska-University

Laboratory of Optical Fibers Technology

Mateusz Gargol, Maria Curie Sklodowska-University

Department of Polymer 

Wiesław Marian Podkościelny, Maria Curie Sklodowska-University

Laboratory of Optical Fibers Technology

Paweł Mergo, Maria Curie Sklodowska-University

Laboratory of Optical Fibers Technology

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2019-04-03

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M. J. Niedźwiedź, M. Gil, M. Gargol, W. M. Podkościelny, and P. Mergo, “Determination of the optimal extrusion temperature of the PMMA optical fibers”, Photonics Lett. Pol., vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 7–9, Apr. 2019.

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