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.
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
Miodrag
M
Scepanovic
Jose E
JE
Castillo
Jennifer K
JK
Barton
David
D
Mathine
Raymond K
RK
Kostuk
Atsushi
A
Sato
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