Abstract
In this work, poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) thin films and a polymer optical fiber doped with pyrromethene (PM-567) were fabricated and characterized. The obtained films were uniform and homogeneous in its central zone and no aggregation of dye molecules were observed. UV–vis absorption, photoluminescence spectra, lifetime and photodegradation were measured for the fabricated films. Peak intensity and position of the photoluminescence spectra were dependent on the pyrromethene concentration. A resonant energy transfer mechanism is proposed as the main process associated with this behavior. Photodegradation results were well fitted by a gamma probability density function. While thin films were highly degraded under 405nm excitation, the studied optical fiber displayed a much more stable behavior, presumably related with its construction design based on a transparent core and a thin PM-567 doped cladding.
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