Design and Fabrication of Fiberlenses for Optical Recording Applications

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Copyright (c) 2002 The Japan Society of Applied Physics
, , Citation Chung-Hao Tien et al 2002 Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 41 1834 DOI 10.1143/JJAP.41.1834

1347-4065/41/3S/1834

Abstract

The novel design and fabrication of a microlens on the front end of a single-mode fiber is described. The beam quality and spot size for optical recording applications are analyzed. A hyperbolic-shaped microlens on a single-mode fiber with focused spot of 1/e2=0.82 µm (x-direction) and 0.89 µm (y-direction) at ∼ 145 µm working distance was achieved by a simple fabrication procedure.

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10.1143/JJAP.41.1834