Achievement of large spot size and long collimation length using UV curable self-assembled polymer lens on a beam expanding core-less silica fiber

Author

Kim, Jung-Ho ; Han, M. ; Chang, S. ; Lee, J.W. ; Oh, K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. & Commun., Gwangju Inst. of Sci. & Technol., South Korea

Volume

16

Issue

11

fYear

2004

Firstpage

2499

Lastpage

2501

Abstract

We report a novel three-segmented fiber-collimator using self-assembled fluorinated polymer lens and a beam expanding coreless silica fiber of 200-μm diameter spliced to single-mode optical fiber. Both numerical and experimental analyses are presented for design, fabrication, and optical characterization of the device. We have obtained a working distance over 6 mm and a stable spot size over 50 μm in a wide wavelength range of 1.51-1.59 μm.

Keywords

lenses; optical collimators; optical design techniques; optical fibre fabrication; optical focusing; optical polymers; self-assembly; 1.51 to 1.59 mum; 200 mum; UV curable self-assembled polymer lens; beam expanding core-less silica fiber; collimating length; device design; device fabrication; spot size; three-segmented fiber-collimator; Collimators; Lenses; Optical device fabrication; Optical devices; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical interconnections; Optical polymers; Silicon compounds;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2004.834907

Filename

1344080