Wavelength tunable fiber lens based on multimode interference

Author

Mohammed, Waleed S. ; Mehta, Alok ; Johnson, Eric G.

Author_Institution

CREOL/Sch. of Opt., Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA

Volume

22

Issue

2

fYear

2004

Firstpage

469

Lastpage

477

Abstract

A new concept for a fiber-based wavelength-tunable condensing lens is theoretically and experimentally investigated in terms of its ability to shift the longitudinal focus position as a function of wavelength. By exploiting multimode interference effects with reimaging theory, a compact and robust device, completely contained within a standard FC connector, can be constructed by simply splicing a single-mode fiber (SMF) to a finite length section of multimode fiber (MMF). This paper summarizes the theoretical and experimental results of such a device, with additional results for wavelength sensitivity.

Keywords

lenses; optical design techniques; optical fibre fabrication; optical focusing; optical testing; optical tuning; optical variables measurement; fiber-based wavelength-tunable condensing lens; longitudinal focus position; multimode fiber; multimode interference; multimode interference effects; optical beam focusing; optical fiber devices; optical fiber interference; optical position measurement; reimaging theory; single-mode fiber splicing; standard FC connector; wavelength sensitivity; wavelength tunable fiber lens; Interference; Lenses; Optical devices; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber theory; Optical modulation; Optical sensors; Optical waveguides; Planar waveguides; Waveguide theory;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2004.824379

Filename

1278487