Fiber-optic beam shaper based an multimode interference

    Authors

    Y. O. Yilmaz; A. Mehta; W. S. Mohammed;E. G. Johnson

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Opt. Lett.

    Keywords

    OPTICAL FIBERS; SENSOR; FILTER; DESIGN; Optics

    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 MMY The shaped beam can be used in medical applications requiring particular irradiation patterns. (c) 2007 Optical Society of America.

    Journal Title

    Optics Letters

    Volume

    32

    Issue/Number

    21

    Publication Date

    1-1-2007

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    3170

    Last Page

    3172

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000251350100040

    ISSN

    0146-9592

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