Design and processing of high-density single-mode fiber arrays for imaging and parallel interferometer applications.

Authors :: Scepanovic M
Castillo JE
Barton JK
Mathine D
Kostuk RK
Sato A
Source :: Applied optics [Appl Opt] 2004 Jul 20; Vol. 43 (21), pp. 4150-6.
Publication Year :: 2004
Abstract: 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.

Subjects :: Equipment Design
Equipment Failure Analysis
Fiber Optic Technology methods
Fingers anatomy & histology
Fingers physiology
Humans
Image Enhancement methods
Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted methods
Interferometry methods
Male
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity
Tomography, Optical Coherence methods
Fiber Optic Technology instrumentation
Image Enhancement instrumentation
Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted instrumentation
Interferometry instrumentation
Tomography, Optical Coherence instrumentation

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