J.C.W. Corbett
Coupling starlight into single-mode photonic crystal fiber using a field lens
Corbett, J.C.W.; Allington-Smith, J.R.
Authors
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 |
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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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