Sains Malaysiana 43(11)(2014):
1743–1750
Fabrikasi
dan Pencirian Pencerai 3×3 Berasaskan Gentian Optik Polimer (POF)
dengan Teknik Pelakuran Berkos Rendah
(Fabrication and
Characterization of Splitter 3×3 based on Polimer Optical Fiber
(POF)
with Low Cost Fusion Technique)
MOHAMMAD SYUHAIMI AB-RAHMAN1*, LATIFAH SARAH SUPIAN1,2, HADI GUNA1,
NIK NUR SYAHIRAH MOHAMMAD, I-SHYAN HWANG & AFIQ HIPNI3
1Department of
Electrical, Electronics & System Engineering, Universiti Kebangsaan
Malaysia
43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
2Department of Electrical
& Electronics Engineering, Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia, Kem
Sungai Besi, 57000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
3Department of Civil
& Structural Engineering Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600
Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
Diserahkan: 26 Disember 2012/Diterima: 9
April 2014
ABSTRAK
Gentian
optik polimer (POF) mempunyai banyak kelebihan dan banyak
digunakan untuk komunikasi terutamanya dalam industri automotif. Komunikasi
ini memerlukan maklumat yang banyak dihantar pada satu masa dengan kos yang rendah. Untuk itu pencerai 3×3 POF yang berkonsepkan
pemultipleks bahagi jarak gelombang (WDM) yang berkos rendah dan berteknologi hijau
difabrikasikan. Pencerai POF ini difabrikasikan
dengan menggunakan alat yang murah dan mudah didapati, iaitu tiub besi dan
lilin. Teknik fabrikasi yang digunakan adalah dengan memanaskan tiga
lembar POF sehingga bahagian tengahnya mencair dan melakur sehingga mengecil
dan memanjang berdiameter 1 mm. Pencerai 3x3 POF yang berjaya
difabrikasi dicirikan dengan mengukur kehilangan POF sebelum dan selepas
hujungnya diratakan dan digilap dengan dua jenis kertas pasir yang berlainan
darjah kekasaran. Ini untuk melihat kesan gilapan pada
kehilangan isyarat optik. Kehilangan pencerai POF juga
diukur pada suhu yang berbeza bagi melihat kesannya pada prestasi pencerai POF. Berdasarkan keputusan yang diperoleh, dapat dilihat bahawa
kebersihan dan kerataan hujung POF memberi kesan kepada kehilangan dengan
penurunan antara 0.3 hingga 5.0 dB. Suhu juga memberi
kesan kepada kehilangan isyarat POF, walaupun tidak begitu ketara, dengan
purata peningkatan kehilangan sebanyak 0.3 dB. Walaupun
secara keseluruhannya nilai kehilangan dalam pencerai POF yang difabrikasi ini
masih tinggi, prestasi ini dapat diperbaiki dengan penambahbaikan pada teknik
pelakuran dan penggunaan alat yang lebih berkualiti. Teknik pemfabrikasi
berkos rendah ini dipercayai boleh menghasilkan pencerai POF yang murah secara
komersil, tetapi dengan kajian yang lebih mendalam pada teknik pelakuran, punca
kehilangan dan cara meminimumkan kehilangan boleh diperolehi dan meningkatkan
isyarat optik keluaran.
Kata kunci: Buatan tangan; mesra
alam; mesra pengguna; pencerai POF 3×3; teknik pelakuran
ABSTRACT
Polymer optical fiber (POF)
has many advantages making it the choice of today’s communication, especially
in automotive industry. This communication requires low cost ways for much
information to be sent simultaneously. Because of this, using wavelength
division multiplexing (WDM) concept, a low cost and green 3×3 POF splitter
is fabricated. It is fabricated using cheap and easy-to-find tools such as
metal tube and candle. The fabrication is being done by taking three strands of POF and
heating the middle parts so that it will melted and fused together until it
elongated and shrink to a diameter of 1 mm. Successfully fabricated POF splitter
are characterized by measuring the output losses, before and after the POF’s
end is being smoothed and polished using two sand papers of different degree of
coarseness. This is to observe the effect of polishing on optical signal
losses. POF splitter’s losses are also measured on different temperature to
observe the effect of temperature on the splitter’s performance. Based on the
result, it is obvious that cleanliness and a flat POF’s end surface
influenced the losses with a reduction between 0.3 and 5.0 dB. Temperature,
even though subtle, does also affect the signal losses with increased losses
averaging around 0.3 dB. Overall, the losses in the fabricated POF splitter are still
high, but show promising improvement with amelioration of fusion technique and
the use of tools with higher quality. This low cost fabrication technique is
believed to commercially produce cheap POF splitter, but with more in-depth research
on the fusion technique, the source of losses and ways to minimize the losses can
be obtained and improve the output optic signals.
Keywords: Environment friendly; fusion
technique; hand-made; user friendly; 3×3 POF splitter
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untuk surat-menyurat; email: syuhaimi@ukm.edu.my
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