Temperature effects on the emission of polymer optical fibers doped with Lumogen dyes

Abstract

In this paper, we report the temperature effects on the luminescence of polymer optical fibers doped with Lumogen dyes (red and orange). Specifically, we have analyzed the intensity and the average wavelength of the spectra emitted by both fibers when they are heated from 30 degrees C to 90 degrees C. An almost full self-recovery of the signal in the fiber doped with Lumogen red has been observed when the fiber is subjected to thermal cycles with oscillating temperature variations between 30 degrees C and 90 degrees C. The emitted spectra are red/blue shifted when the fiber sample is heated/cooled with a final temperature sensitivity around 0.07 nm/degrees C when a stationary situation is reached.