title: Guiding in the visible with "colorful" solid-core Bragg fibers.
abstract: We report on the fabrication and characterization of solid-core all-polymer Bragg fibers consisting of a large-diameter polymethyl methylacrylate (PMMA) core surrounded by 50 alternating PMMA/Polystyrene (PS) polymer layers. By modifying the reflector layer thickness we illustrate that bandgap position can be adjusted at will in the visible. Moreover, such fibers are intensely colored in both the transmission and the outside reflection modes. Potential applications of such fibers are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal, Génie Physique, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: Alexandre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dupuis
authors.forename: Ning
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Bertrand
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gauvreau
authors.forename: Alireza
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hassani
authors.forename: Elio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pone
authors.forename: Francis
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Boismenu
authors.forename: Maksim
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Skorobogatiy
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate / Q000737:chemistry*; D011137:Polystyrenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D012031:Refractometry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D011137:Polystyrenes; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate