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7 May 1999 Microlens fibers fabricated by a melting-tapering process using a CO2 laser
Abdelrafik Malki, Frederic Van Lauwe, Renaud Bachelot, Olivier Latry, Mohamed Ketata, Pascal Royer
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Proceedings Volume 3740, Optical Engineering for Sensing and Nanotechnology (ICOSN '99); (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.347710
Event: Optical Engineering for Sensing and Nanotechnology (ICOSN '99), 1999, Yokohama, Japan
Abstract
Hemispherical microlenses have been fabricated at the end of a single-mode optical fiber by a new two-steps method which uses only a continuous CO2 laser. In the first step, the fiber is heated by the laser and stretched until its split resulting in two symmetrical tapers. In the second step, we form the microlenses by laser melting the taper ends. Parameters of heating and stretching are automated and optimized to ensure the reproducibility. The microlens characterization, including the focal length and beam waist measurements, has been performed. It shows the interest of the microlens-fiber to several applications.
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Abdelrafik Malki, Frederic Van Lauwe, Renaud Bachelot, Olivier Latry, Mohamed Ketata, and Pascal Royer "Microlens fibers fabricated by a melting-tapering process using a CO2 laser", Proc. SPIE 3740, Optical Engineering for Sensing and Nanotechnology (ICOSN '99), (7 May 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.347710
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KEYWORDS
Microlens

Carbon dioxide lasers

Fiber lasers

Microscopes

Optical fibers

Optical testing

Photodiodes

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