Design and Implementation of Pulse Laser Deposition Device for Plastic Optical Fiber

Authors

Ihssan A. Kadhim, Space Research and Technology Center, Scientific Research Commission, Baghdad, IraqFollow
Anwaar A AL-Dergazly, Department of Laser and Optoelectronic Engineering, Al-Nahrain University, Baghdad, IraqFollow
Sameer Khudhur Yaseen, Department of Physics, Collage of science for women, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, IraqFollow

Abstract

In this work, a pulse laser deposition device was fabricated to synthesize nano-coated plastic optical fiber for sensing application. a plastic optical fiber of 1000 μm diameter, coated with different materials such as aluminum and titanium oxide. Using a field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM), the coated samples’ shape, surface properties, and chemical makeup were verified., an energy dispersion X-ray (EDX), UV-vis absorption spectroscopy, atomic force Microscope (AFM). The cross section EDX indicated that, a small amount of uniform distribution of aluminum and titanium on the surface of plastic optical fibers. The FESEM surface morphology of TiO₂ coated on plastic optical fiber exhibited porous and granular structure of about 19.33 to 103.1 nm. Also, the uv-vis shows that the absorption spectra increased with an increase in the lasing energy and number of shots. AFM measurements indicated that, the average grain size, roughness and thickness increased with increased lasing energy and number of shots.

Keywords

FESEM, Nanostructure, Plastic optical fiber, Pulsed laser deposition, TiO2

Subject Area

Physics

Article Type

Article

First Page

2997

Last Page

3006

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How to Cite this Article

Kadhim, Ihssan A.; AL-Dergazly, Anwaar A; and Yaseen, Sameer Khudhur (2025) "Design and Implementation of Pulse Laser Deposition Device for Plastic Optical Fiber," Baghdad Science Journal: Vol. 22: Iss. 9, Article 16.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21123/2411-7986.5057