Design and processing of high-density single-mode fiber arrays for imaging and parallel interferometer applications.
The design and fabrication procedures for implementing a high-density (16-microm center spacing) single-mode fiber (SMF) array are described. The specific application for this array is a parallel optical coherence tomography system for endoscopic imaging. We obtained fiber elements by etching standard single-mode SMF-28 fibers to a diameter of 14-15 microm. We equalized 1-m lengths of fiber to within 1 mm by using a fiber interferometer setup, and we describe a method for packaging arrays with as many as 100 fibers.
Scepanovic
Miodrag
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Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, 1230 East Speedway Boulevard, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA. mscepano@email.arizona.edu
Castillo
Jose E
JE
Barton
Jennifer K
JK
Mathine
David
D
Kostuk
Raymond K
RK
Sato
Atsushi
A
D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D005385:Fingers / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D007368:Interferometry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods