Title :
Minimising group index variations in a multicore endoscope fibre
Author :
Roper, J.C. ; Yerolatsitis, S. ; Birks, T.A. ; Mangan, Brian J. ; Dunsby, Christopher ; French, Paul M. W. ; Knight, Jonathan C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Bath, Bath, UK
Abstract :
We describe a multicore endoscope fibre with minimised group index variation between cores that is obtained at a V parameter of 3. Tapering the fibre input enables us to achieve single-mode propagation.
Keywords :
biomedical optical imaging; endoscopes; optical fibres; fibre input tapering; group index variation; multicore endoscope fibre; single-mode propagation; Endoscopes; Fiber nonlinear optics; Indexes; Multicore processing; Optical fibers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
