Design and Evaluation of Fiber Tip Lenses for Fiber Optic Transmitter and Receiver Applications

Author

Shu, Golden ; Bozeman, Mark P. ; Hays, Ron S. ; Robinson, Daniel P. ; Wright, Warren K. ; Kuan, Aaron D.

Author_Institution

Teledyne Microelectron. Technol. (TMT), Los Angeles

fYear

2007

fDate

2-5 Oct. 2007

Firstpage

46

Lastpage

47

Abstract

This paper presents a recent development of fiber tip lenses for a military fiber optic transmitter and receiver application. Fiber lens design and optimization are adressed through modelling and simulation. The tolerance analysis and fabrication of the designed lenses are provided. The performance of the designed and fabricated fiber lens is also tested and evaluated by conducting a series of laser diode to fiber coupling experiments.

Keywords

lenses; military communication; optical design techniques; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre testing; optical receivers; optical transmitters; fiber coupling; fiber lens testing; fiber optic receiver; fiber optic transmitter; fiber tip lenses; laser diode; lens design; lens fabrication; military applications; tolerance analysis; Design optimization; Diode lasers; Lenses; Optical design; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Tolerance analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Avionics, Fiber-Optics and Photonics Technology Conference, 2007 IEEE

Conference_Location

Victoria, BC

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0937-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0937-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AVFOP.2007.4365741

Filename

4365741