Controlled-in-time laser technique for fiber-end microlens fabrication

Vadim P. Veiko; Vladimir A. Chuiko; V. P. Chulkov; Alexei K. Kromin; S. V. Kukhtin; Sergei A. Rodionov; M. P. Tokarev

doi:10.1117/12.216983

21 August 1995 Controlled-in-time laser technique for fiber-end microlens fabrication

Vadim P. Veiko, Vladimir A. Chuiko, V. P. Chulkov, Alexei K. Kromin, S. V. Kukhtin, Sergei A. Rodionov, M. P. Tokarev

Proceedings Volume 2538, Nonimaging Optics: Maximum Efficiency Light Transfer III; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.216983
Event: SPIE's 1995 International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1995, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

A new approach to fiber—end microlenses fabrication is described below. The general idea is to combine laser action on glass samples ( for example, fiber ) with such mechanical forces action as stretching, twisting, bending, etc. Several different schemes for combination are suggested and tested'. The next innovation is to observe and to measure microlens geometrical and optical parameters during the laser processing and use the results for control on the microlens production. This allows one to combine producing and measurement ( testing ) operations in time and place , that provide higher productivity and an increase of available elements output. In this way, a number of new fiber—end microlenses such as arc, bulb ( spherical and non-spherical ), and elliptic shapes for beam focusing, various types of side-fiber tools, scatterers ( all—side, half—space, point, etc. ), lens—end fo— cons2 are created. Geometro—optical calculations of these fi— ber optical components ( FOC ) provided the ability to optimize their forms using an optical feed—backs of the laser technological installation.

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Vadim P. Veiko, Vladimir A. Chuiko, V. P. Chulkov, Alexei K. Kromin, S. V. Kukhtin, Sergei A. Rodionov, and M. P. Tokarev "Controlled-in-time laser technique for fiber-end microlens fabrication", Proc. SPIE 2538, Nonimaging Optics: Maximum Efficiency Light Transfer III, (21 August 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.216983

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