Open AccessMeasurement of the far field intensity distribution of a bent and cleaved fiber taper
Author(s) -
Makan Mohageg,
Anatoliy A. Savchenkov,
Vladimir S. Ilchenko,
Lute Maleki
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.15.006988
Subject(s) - optics , bent molecular geometry , materials science , intensity (physics) , optical fiber , near and far field , bending , light intensity , mode field diameter , adiabatic process , fiber , graded index fiber , fiber optic sensor , physics , composite material , thermodynamics
We have theoretically predicted and experimentally demonstrated mode conversion in fiber tapers subject to large adiabatic bending. The far field intensity distribution of the taper mode is imaged in part by cleaving the taper at the position of minimum diameter.