Production of highly aligned microfiber bundles from polymethyl methacrylate via stable jet electrospinning for organic solid-state lasers

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  • Henrik Alexander Christ
  • Pen Yiao Ang
  • Fuzhao Li
  • Hans Hermann Johannes
  • Wolfgang Kowalsky
  • Henning Menzel

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  • Technische Universität Braunschweig
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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)715-725
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Polymer Science
Volume60
Issue number4
Publication statusPublished - 15 Feb 2022

Abstract

The fabrication of micron-sized poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) polymer optical fibers doped with rhodamine B as an organic dye is demonstrated. Highly aligned and defect-free fibers are fabricated by using the stable jet electrospinning (SJES) method and systematically varying critical parameters such as solvent type and polymer concentration. At optimal conditions, for example, a polymer concentration of 35 wt% of PMMA in butanone, ribbon-shaped fibers with a smooth surface and diameter of about 20 μm could be spun using SJES mode and deposited on a rotating drum as target in a highly aligned manner. Photoluminescence spectra of the doped fibers excited longitudinally and transversely with a laser show an excitation peak with full-width-at-half-maximum of only 5.05 nm and a low lasing threshold at a pump energy of 0.55 μJ, indicating that SJES could become a new source of amplified optics components or organic solid-state fiber lasers.

Keywords

    fiber alignment, fiber laser, laser dye, stable-jet-electrospinning

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Production of highly aligned microfiber bundles from polymethyl methacrylate via stable jet electrospinning for organic solid-state lasers. / Christ, Henrik Alexander; Ang, Pen Yiao; Li, Fuzhao et al.
In: Journal of Polymer Science, Vol. 60, No. 4, 15.02.2022, p. 715-725.

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Christ, HA, Ang, PY, Li, F, Johannes, HH, Kowalsky, W & Menzel, H 2022, 'Production of highly aligned microfiber bundles from polymethyl methacrylate via stable jet electrospinning for organic solid-state lasers', Journal of Polymer Science, vol. 60, no. 4, pp. 715-725. https://doi.org/10.1002/pol.20210747
Christ, H. A., Ang, P. Y., Li, F., Johannes, H. H., Kowalsky, W., & Menzel, H. (2022). Production of highly aligned microfiber bundles from polymethyl methacrylate via stable jet electrospinning for organic solid-state lasers. Journal of Polymer Science, 60(4), 715-725. https://doi.org/10.1002/pol.20210747
Christ HA, Ang PY, Li F, Johannes HH, Kowalsky W, Menzel H. Production of highly aligned microfiber bundles from polymethyl methacrylate via stable jet electrospinning for organic solid-state lasers. Journal of Polymer Science. 2022 Feb 15;60(4):715-725. doi: 10.1002/pol.20210747
Christ, Henrik Alexander ; Ang, Pen Yiao ; Li, Fuzhao et al. / Production of highly aligned microfiber bundles from polymethyl methacrylate via stable jet electrospinning for organic solid-state lasers. In: Journal of Polymer Science. 2022 ; Vol. 60, No. 4. pp. 715-725.
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