Wide-Beam Propagating Fiber for Inline Optical Components
Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 23, Issue 4, pp. 1774- (2005)
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Abstract
A new technique is proposed for integration of bulky optical components by means of a specific graded-index fiber in which the fundamental mode has a large mode-field diameter (MFD). A wide-beam propagating (WBP) fiber with the field diameter as large as 60 µm was successfully fabricated, which will enable bulky optical components that have no wave-guiding structures to be embedded into a fiber circuit without any lenses. It was confirmed that a 5-mm-thick silicon plate, for example,can be integrated into the fiber with a loss of less than 1 dB. A hemispherically ended WPB fiber for much longer bulky components is also proposed.
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Citation
Kazuo Shiraishi, Hidehiko Yoda, Yukihisa Tamura, and Nobuyuki Kawasaki, "Wide-Beam Propagating Fiber for Inline Optical Components," J. Lightwave Technol. 23, 1774- (2005)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/jlt/abstract.cfm?URI=jlt-23-4-1774
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