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Fiber Array Prototype and Mass Production (view source)
Revision as of 22:09, 6 May 2010
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*Extensive research into the optical properties of polystyrene have been performed. Specifically, we need to know at what wavelengths polystyrene absorbs light most efficiently. The suppliers of the optical fibers has absorption information for wavelengths ranging from 400-800nm. To supplement this data we found two articles that each studied the spectral absorption of polystyrene. Fitting this information together we were able to obtain the following plot of how each wavelength penetrates until it reaches extinction.[[File:waveABSRB.jpg|center|400px]]
*Extensive research into the optical properties of polystyrene have been performed. Specifically, we need to know at what wavelengths polystyrene absorbs light most efficiently. The suppliers of the optical fibers has absorption information for wavelengths ranging from 400-800nm. To supplement this data we found two articles that each studied the spectral absorption of polystyrene. Fitting this information together we were able to obtain the following plot of how each wavelength penetrates until it reaches extinction.[[File:waveABSRB.jpg|center|400px]]
*Based on this information it is desirable to use a wavelength between 300-350nm because it allows for the light absorb a few tenths of a millimeter.
*Based on this information it is desirable to use a wavelength between 300-350nm because it allows for the light absorb a few tenths of a millimeter.
*[http://www.lightingquotes.com/catalog.php?product=2226 The product spec sheet for the flash lamp] used in the fuser (Wiko EMM/EKS-5) states that the bulb produces light with a blackbody temperature of 3400 K, which peaks in the near infrared.
*The absorbance of polystyrene in the near infrared is reported in [http://www.thermo.com/eThermo/CMA/PDFs/Articles/articlesFile_25263.pdf this technical note from Thermo Electric Corp], with [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/tagger/fp-microscope/references/polystyreneIRabs-2000.pdf this copy stored locally].
*For comparison, the absorption coefficient in the near infrared for borosilicate glass is reported in [http://pdfserve.informaworld.com/371629_751318403_713845708.pdf this article] with [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/tagger/fp-microscope/references/glassIRabs-2001.pdf this copy stored locally].
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