Title :
Prototype for numerical aperture tester for step-index multimode specialty medical optical fiber
Author :
Park, Heejung ; Skutnik, Bolesh J. ; Vollaro, Mary B.
Author_Institution :
Biomed. Eng. Program, Western New England Coll., Springfield, MA, USA
Abstract :
A prototype is to be designed, built, and evaluated for measuring the far-field and near-field numerical aperture (NA) values ranging from 0.10 to 0.65 for step-index multimode specialty medical optical fiber with various diameters ranging from 100 μm to over 1000 μm
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; optical fibre testing; photodetectors; refractive index; test equipment; 100 to 1000 micron; angular radiant intensity distribution; far-field numerical aperture; index of refraction; medical optical fiber; near-field numerical aperture; numerical aperture tester; photodetector; silica core optical fiber; step-index multimode specialty fiber; tester prototype; Apertures; Biomedical equipment; Diffraction; Medical services; Medical tests; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Optical refraction; Prototypes;
Conference_Titel :
Bioengineering Conference, 2002. Proceedings of the IEEE 28th Annual Northeast
Conference_Location :
Philadelphia, PA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7419-3
DOI :
10.1109/NEBC.2002.999486
