DocumentCode
1176885
Title
Refractive index profiling of optical fibers using differential interference contrast microscopy
Author
Dragomir, Nicoleta M. ; Ampem-Lassen, Eric ; Huntington, Shane T. ; Baxter, Greg W. ; Roberts, Ann ; Farrell, Peter M.
Author_Institution
Sch. of Phys., Univ. of Melbourne, Australia
Volume
17
Issue
10
fYear
2005
Firstpage
2149
Lastpage
2151
Abstract
Here we demonstrate the use of differential interference contrast microscopy with the inverse Abel transform to accurately obtain the refractive-index profile of a single-mode optical fiber. The application of this nondestructive imaging analysis technique provides high precision refractive-index information about the fiber. This technique is robust, rapid, and has diffraction limited spatial resolution.
Keywords
nondestructive testing; optical fibre testing; optical microscopy; refractive index; refractive index measurement; differential interference contrast microscopy; inverse Abel transform; nondestructive imaging; optical fibers; refractive index profiling; High-resolution imaging; Image analysis; Information analysis; Interference; Optical fibers; Optical imaging; Optical microscopy; Optical refraction; Refractive index; Robustness; Microscopy; optical fiber measurements;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1041-1135
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/LPT.2005.854419
Filename
1512302
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