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Coupling starlight into single-mode photonic crystal fiber using a field lens

Corbett, J.C.W.; Allington-Smith, J.R.

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Authors

J.C.W. Corbett

J.R. Allington-Smith



Abstract

We determine the coupling characteristics of a large mode area (LMA) photonic crystal, single-mode fiber when fed with an on-axis field lens used to place an image of the telescope exit pupil at the fiber input. The maximum field of view is found to be approximately the same as that of feeding the fiber directly with the telescope PSF in the image plane. However, the field lens feed can be used to provide a flat, maximised coupling response over the entire visible-NIR which is not possible using either the highly wavelength dependent direct feed coupling to the LMA fiber or the attenuation spectrum limited step index fiber cases.

Citation

Corbett, J., & Allington-Smith, J. (2005). Coupling starlight into single-mode photonic crystal fiber using a field lens. Optics Express, 13(17), 6527-6540. https://doi.org/10.1364/opex.13.006527

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date 2005-08
Deposit Date Mar 15, 2007
Publicly Available Date Nov 10, 2010
Journal Optics Express
Publisher Optica
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 13
Issue 17
Pages 6527-6540
DOI https://doi.org/10.1364/opex.13.006527
Keywords Fibers, Single-mode, Image processing, Image analysis, Interferometry.

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© 2005 Optical Society of America.



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