Research Article

Ray-Tracing-Based Modeling of Clad-Removed Step-Index Plastic Optical Fiber in Smart Textiles: Effect of Curvature in Plain Weave Fabric

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Possible applications of POF-based smart textile. (a) Light-delivery textile (self-sterilizing garment); (b) light-harvesting textile (images reproduced from http://www.google.com)
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