Title :
All-fibre phase-aperture zone plates
Author :
Canning, J. ; Buckley, E. ; Lyytikainen, K.
Author_Institution :
Opt. Fibre Technol. Centre, Sydney Univ., NSW, Australia
fDate :
2/6/2003 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Fabrication of compact all-silica fibre Fresnel lenses based on a simple dielectric phase aperture zone plate, which can be spliced directly to standard singlemode optical fibre, is demonstrated. Image reconstruction of the field profile within the waveguide is demonstrated.
Keywords :
Fresnel diffraction; optical fibre couplers; zone plates; compact lens; dielectric phase aperture; fibre Fresnel lenses; field profile; image reconstruction; phase-aperture zone plates; singlemode optical fibre;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20030182