Two-dimensional image transmission through single multimode optical fibers

Ye Chen; W. Thomas Cathey Jr.; Val N. Morozov

doi:10.1117/12.176596

26 May 1994 Two-dimensional image transmission through single multimode optical fibers

Ye Chen, W. Thomas Cathey Jr., Val N. Morozov

Proceedings Volume 2132, Clinical Applications of Modern Imaging Technology II; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.176596
Event: OE/LASE '94, 1994, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

The phenomenon of self imaging occurring in a multiple-mode fiber offers a transmission mechanism of 2D images through a single fiber. Potential medical applications of the technique would be the development of disposable single fiber endoscopes or viewing instruments to be used in surgery. In this paper, the theory of coherent light transmission in a multiple-mode waveguide has been described. As a result, a coherently illuminated image will repeat itself periodically while propagating in the waveguide. For the first time in experiment, images have been achieved for a point object transmitted through graded index optical fibers, and the image resolution and the field of view have been obtained. Discussions on problems and improvements are also presented in this paper for the method.

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Ye Chen, W. Thomas Cathey Jr., and Val N. Morozov "Two-dimensional image transmission through single multimode optical fibers", Proc. SPIE 2132, Clinical Applications of Modern Imaging Technology II, (26 May 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.176596

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