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Polymers 2011, 3, 1162-1180; doi:10.3390/polym3031162 OPEN ACCESS polymers ISSN 2073-4360 /journal/polymers Review Polymer-Optical-Fiber Lasers and Amplifiers Doped with Organic Dyes Jon Arrue 1,*, Felipe Jiménez 2, Igor Ayesta 1, M. Asunción Illarramendi 3 and Joseba Zubia 1 1 ETSI de Bilbao, Departamento de Electrónica y Telecomunicaciones, Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU), Alda. Urquijo s/n, 48013 Bilbao, Spain; E-Mails: igor.ayesta@ehu.es (I.A.); joseba.zubia@ehu.es (J.Z.) 2 ETSI de Bilbao, Departamento de Matemática Aplicada, Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU), Alda. Urquijo s/n, 48013 Bilbao, Spain; E-Mail: felipe.jimenez@ehu.es (F.J.) 3 ETSI de Bilbao, Departamento de Física Aplicada I, Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU), Alda. Urquijo s/n, 48013 Bilbao, Spain; E-Mail: ma.illarramendi@ehu.es (M.A.I.) * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: jon.arrue@ehu.es; Tel.: +34-946-014-144; Fax: +34-946-014-259. Received: 16 June 2011; in revised form: 12 July 2011 / Accepted: 22 July 2011 / Published: 25 July 2011 Abstract: Polymer optical fibers (POFs) doped with organic dyes can be used to make efficient lasers and amplifiers due to the high gains achievable in short distances. This paper analyzes the peculiarities of light amplification in POFs through some experimental data and a computational model capable of carrying out both power and spectral analyses. We investigate the emission spectral shifts and widths and on the optimum signal