Title :
Diffraction control of Bessel beams generated in fiber
Author :
Steinvurzel, Paul ; Tantiwanichapan, Khwanchai ; Goto, Masao ; Ramachandran, Siddharth
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Boston Univ., Boston, MA, USA
Abstract :
LP0,m fiber cladding modes propagate as Bessel beams in free space. We show that selecting the mode order with a long period grating enables tuning of the propagation distance and width of the center spot.
Keywords :
light diffraction; optical fibre cladding; optical fibres; Bessel beams; diffraction control; fiber cladding mode; long period grating; optical fiber; Acoustic beams; Diffraction; Laser beams; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber theory;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4