2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Development of voltage-drive polymer nanofiber lasers
| Project/Area Number |
24810013
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Microdevices/Nanodevices
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| Research Institution | Toyohashi University of Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
ISHII Yuya 豊橋技術科学大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 助教 (30633440)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-08-31 – 2014-03-31
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| Keywords | ナノファイバー / 導波路 / エレクトロスピニング / 電界紡糸 / 発光 / 高分子 |
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| Research Abstract |
Semiconductor lasers, which are widely used today, have a problem that their manufacturing processes require expensive equipments, vacuum environment, and multi-step processes so that the processes require high energies and costs. In this study, we aim to develop a small light source composed of polymer nanofibers which can be produced with low-energy and low-cost. In particular, we have implemented followings: (1) Fabrication of organic dye-doped polymer nanofibers and observation of their shapes, (2) Production of waveguides with a nanofiber-core and polymer-cladding and evaluation of their optical propagation losses,(3) Investigation of origin of the propagation loss.
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