POLYMER BASED WAVE-GUIDING FOR MEDICAL, CONTROL, COMMUNICATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS

Global aims:

1. To explore and utilise, for the first time, the considerable benefits/advantages that polymer based optoelectronic systems possess.

2. To fully exploit these advantages to form fundamentally new polymer based optoelectronic systems and to apply these new systems to a diverse range of applications; including biomedical implants, bioinformatics, cell biosensing and drug monitoring, medical diagnosis, waste management, pollution monitoring, high voltage power systems measurement; interference-free power delivery, communication and control; biofouling/scaling in water process and closed loop systems, strain, fluid and air flow, chemical, fluorescence, toxicity and water quality monitoring.

References
(All files in Microsoft Word format unless marked)
Co-investigators & institutions
UK-POF Consortium - A Step Closer
Polymer Optical Amplifier - article from "EETimes" (Adobe pdf format)
Bio-medical
Bulb Couplers
Bulbs versus Balls + photovoltaic conversion
Optical Amplifiers etc
Refractive Index Gratings in Perspex
POF Sensors and Laser Irradiation of POF
Fibre Optics Smart Structures
Chromatic Modulation/Optically Powered Electronics
Plastic Projection Displays
Biomedical Tissue Engineering
Optical Signal Analysis for Biomedicine
Biomedical: In situ monitoring of biocompatibility
Polymer Material Promote Microstructured Optical Fiber Applications

Workshops, links and other information
Report from the Second Asia-Pacific Polymer Fibre Optics Workshop, Jan 2003.
Report on 11th International POF Conference 2002, Sept.18-20, Tokyo
Plastic Optical Fibre Trade Organisation
Letter of support from Cactus Fiber - - - (www.rpo.cc | www.cactusfiber.com)

Last modified: 21 March, 2003 Dr M J Lazarus