PLASTIC OPTICAL FIBERS: DEVELOPMENT OF SENSORS, DEVICES AND TELECOMMUNICATION APPLICATIONS IN BRAZIL

摘要

Plastic Optical Fibers (POF) technology is increasing all over the world, covering many areas of applications. To follow this growing demand, different groups in Brazil started to work with this new technology. Each group has being investigating POF in its own area of knowledge. In such a way, many works on sensors, passive devices, Bragg gratings, and also on datacom areas are under development. This paper describes some of these works, trying to give an overview of the development of POF technology in Brazil.