We present a novel methodology for optical fiber polymer microtip manufacturing ant testing, which supports the structure optimization process through utilization of an optical diffraction tomography system based on the lateral shear digital holographic microscope. The most important functional parameter of an optical fiber microtip is the output beam distribution in the far-field region, which depends on geometrical properties and refractive index distribution within the microtip. These factors, in turn, are determined by the optical power distribution of the actinic light and the exposition time during the photopolymerization process. In order to obtain a desired light field distribution we propose to govern the manufacturing process by a hybrid opto-numerical methodology, which constitutes a convenient feedback loop for modification of the fabrication parameters. A single cycle of the proposed scheme includes numerical modeling, tomographic measurements and modifications of fabrication process. We introduced the real values of three-dimensional refractive index distribution of microtips into the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulations, which leaded to controlled modification of technology parameters and finally to improvement of a functional parameter of microtips.
We present the tomographic study of the refractive index distribution in polymer bridges between two optical fibers. Detailed refractive index maps are needed in order to improve the technological process for manufacturing those bridges and to achieve a lower return loss. At first, the technological process of the fabrication of bridges through photopolymerization is presented. The interferometric measurements of reference fibers used to produce those bridges and two series of microbridges are performed experimentally in the visible (VIS; 632.8 nm) and infrared (IR; 1550 nm) wavelength regions. The relation between the VIS and IR results is determined, which allows performing tomographic measurements in more accurate conditions in the VIS spectrum. The experimentally obtained refractive index distributions in the microbridges are used for modeling the insertion and return losses, which are compared with the real loss obtained for the produced microbridges. This knowledge will be used for better understanding the manufacturing process and its further optimization.
In this paper we present the tomographic studies of refractive index distribution in polymer bridges between two optical fibers. Detailed refractive index maps are needed in order to improve the technological process of manufacturing of those bridges and to achieve lower return losses. At first the technological process of bridges fabrication through photopolymerization is presented. The interferometric measurements of reference fibers used to produce those bridges and two series of microbridges are performed in visible (632.8 nm) and infrared (1550 nm) experimental systems. The relations between vis and IR results are determined, which allows for performing tomographic measurements in more accurate conditions secured in visible spectrum. The experimentally obtained refractive index distributions in microbridges are used for modeling the insertion and return losses, which are compared with the real losses obtained for the produced microbridges. This knowledge will be used for better understanding of the manufacturing process and its further optimization.
In this paper we present a simple method of manufacturing micrometer-sized polymer elements at the extremity of both
single mode and multimode optical fibers and its possible modifications in order to provide requested functionalities. We
show that the knowledge about 3D distribution of refractive index and birefringence in these elements is required and
that interferometric and elastooptics tomography are the methods which provide these data. Exemplary polymer
microtips manufactured from the polymeric material with different concentration of heptafluorobutyric acid are
investigated in tomographic systems and the obtained results are discussed in reference to the theoretically expected
refractive index distributions.
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