Cellulose optical fiber

Ari Hokkanen (Corresponding author), Markku Kapulainen, Aayush Kumar Jaiswal, Ville Hynninen, Olli Ikkala, Hannes Orelma

Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference PosterScientific

Abstract

Cellulose is environmentally friendly material that has brought new possibilities for light guiding and manipulation. Regenerated cellulose fibers and methylcellulose fibers have been demon-strated. These optical fibers are not competing in optical telecommunication with glass optical fiber and polymer optical fibers. Attenuation with regenerated cellulose fiber is about 6 dB/cm and with methylcellulose fibers 1.47 dB/cm. These values are several orders of magnitudes higher than with common glass and polymer fibers. These bio based cellulose materials have however properties that the common optical fiber do not have. Cellulose fibers are biodegradable that is benefit for example in human body measurements. Regenerated cellulose can take water or other liquids very fast in and also dry out as fast. Cellulose offers versatile material modification possibilities, for example methylcellu-lose has been doped with luminescent gold nanoclusters, and rod-like cellulose nanocrystals.
Original languageEnglish
Number of pages1
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2021
MoE publication typeNot Eligible
EventOptics and Photonics Days - Logomo, Turku, Finland
Duration: 1 Dec 20213 Dec 2021
https://www.photonics.fi/opd2021/

Conference

ConferenceOptics and Photonics Days
Abbreviated titleOPD 2021
Country/TerritoryFinland
CityTurku
Period1/12/213/12/21
Internet address

Keywords

  • Cellulose
  • Optical fiber
  • Optical sensors

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