title: Integration of an organic photodetector onto a plastic optical fiber by means of spray coating technique.
abstract: A working prototype of integrated fiber/receiver system for optical data transmission is realized. The prototype is made by directly depositing an organic photodetector onto a plastic optical fiber. For the deposition of the organic layers, spray coating is successfully exploited. Operation over four orders of magnitude range of light intensities as well as photoresponse to pulsed stimulation are demonstrated.
authors.affiliation: Center for Nano Science and Technology@PoliMi, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Giovanni Pascoli 70/3, 20133 Milano, Italy. maddalena.binda@iit.it
authors.forename: Maddalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Binda
authors.forename: Dario
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Natali
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Iacchetti
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sampietro
mesh_terms: D004553:Electric Conductivity; D055615:Electrical Equipment and Supplies; D008027:Light; D055100:Optical Fibers; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000737:chemistry*; D010969:Plastics / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D009930:Organic Chemicals; D010969:Plastics
keywords: data-link; optical communications; organic photodetector; plastic optical fiber; spray coating