Fabrication and characterization of cylindrical light diffusers comprised of shape memory polymer. Academic Article

abstract

• We developed a technique for constructing light diffusing devices comprised of a flexible shape memory polymer (SMP) cylindrical diffuser attached to the tip of an optical fiber. The devices are fabricated by casting an SMP rod over the cleaved tip of an optical fiber and media blasting the SMP rod to create a light diffusing surface. The axial and polar emission profiles and circumferential (azimuthal) uniformity are characterized for various blasting pressures, nozzle-to-sample distances, and nozzle translation speeds. The diffusers are generally strongly forward-directed and consistently withstand over 8 W of incident IR laser light without suffering damage when immersed in water. These devices are suitable for various endoluminal and interstitial biomedical applications.

authors

• Maitland, Duncan
• Maitland, Kristen

published proceedings

• J Biomed Opt

author list (cited authors)

• Small, W., Buckley, P. R., Wilson, T. S., Loge, J. M., Maitland, K. D., & Maitland, D. J.

citation count

• 34

complete list of authors

• Small, Ward||Buckley, Patrick R||Wilson, Thomas S||Loge, Jeffrey M||Maitland, Kristen D||Maitland, Duncan J

publication date

• December 2008

publisher

• SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Biomedical Optics  Journal

keywords

• Computer Simulation
• Computer-Aided Design
• Equipment Design
• Equipment Failure Analysis
• Light
• Models, Theoretical
• Polymers
• Refractometry
• Scattering, Radiation

PubMed Central ID

• 18465981

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1117/1.2904952

start page

• 024018

end page

• 024018

volume

• 13

issue

• 2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.2904952