Image Transport Through Meter-Long Randomly Disordered Silica-Air Optical Fiber

Abstract

We present a randomly disordered silica-air optical fiber featuring a 28.5% air filling fraction in the structured region, and low attenuation below 1 dB per meter at visible wavelengths. The quality of images transported through this fiber is shown to be comparable to, or even better than, that of images sent through commercial multicore imaging fiber. We demonstrate robust high-quality optical image transfer through 90 cm-long fibers with disordered silica-air structure, more than an order of magnitude improvement compared to previous disordered fiber imaging distances. The effects of variations of wavelength and feature size on transported image quality are investigated experimentally.

Publication Date

12-1-2018

Publication Title

Scientific Reports

Volume

8

Issue

1

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-21480-0

Socpus ID

85042181233 (Scopus)

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https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85042181233

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