Fiber-optic beam shaper based on multimode interference
Optics Letters, Vol. 32, Issue 21, pp. 3170-3172 (2007)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.32.003170
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Abstract
A new method of fiber-optic based beam shaping is investigated both numerically and experimentally. A cylindrically symmetric method of lines (MoLs) is developed to simulate the device. The device is fabricated by fusion splicing a predetermined length of multimode fiber (MMF) to a single-mode fiber. The multimode interference (MMI) effects create ring-shaped field profiles at certain positions inside the MMF. The shaped beam can be used in medical applications requiring particular irradiation patterns.
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OCIS Codes
(060.2340) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics components
(140.3300) Lasers and laser optics : Laser beam shaping
ToC Category:
Fiber Optics and Optical Communications
History
Original Manuscript: June 27, 2007
Revised Manuscript: September 11, 2007
Manuscript Accepted: September 26, 2007
Published: October 25, 2007
Virtual Issues
Vol. 2, Iss. 12 Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics
Citation
Yiğit O. Yilmaz, Alok Mehta, Waleed S. Mohammed, and Eric G. Johnson, "Fiber-optic beam shaper based on multimode interference," Opt. Lett. 32, 3170-3172 (2007)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-32-21-3170
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