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Fabrication and Photostability of Rhodamine-6G Gold Nanoparticle Doped Polymer Optical Fiber |
| Suneetha Sebastian**, Ajina C, C. P. G Vallabhan, V. P. N. Nampoori, P. Radhakrishnan, M. Kailasnath |
International School of Photonics, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin 22, India
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Suneetha Sebastian, Ajina C, C. P. G Vallabhan et al 2013 Chin. Phys. Lett. 30 118101 |
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Abstract We report on fabrication of a rhodamine-6G-gold-nanoparticle doped polymer optical fiber. The gold nanoparticle is synthesized directly into the monomer solution of the polymer using laser ablation synthesis in liquid. The size of the particle is found from the transmission electron microscopy. Rhodamine-6G is then mixed with the nanoparticle-monomer solution and optical characterization of the solution is investigated. It is found that there is a pronounced quenching of fluorescence of rhodamine 6G due to fluorescence resonance energy transfer. The monomer solution containing rhodamine 6G and gold nanoparticles is now made into a cylindrical rod and drawn into a polymer optical fiber. Further, the photostability is calculated with respect to the pure dye doped polymer optical fiber.
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Received: 14 June 2013
Published: 30 November 2013
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81.05.Lg
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(Polymers and plastics; rubber; synthetic and natural fibers; organometallic and organic materials)
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81.07.-b
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(Nanoscale materials and structures: fabrication and characterization)
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