Open AccessSelf-assembled axicon lens in integrated optical fiber
Author(s) -
Christopher Holmes,
Peter G. R. Smith
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
optics letters/optics index
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 272
eISSN - 1071-2763
pISSN - 0146-9592
DOI - 10.1364/ol.44.003506
Subject(s) - axicon , optics , lens (geology) , materials science , optical fiber , planar , chemical mechanical planarization , bessel beam , beam (structure) , optoelectronics , layer (electronics) , physics , laser beams , nanotechnology , laser , computer science , computer graphics (images)
This work reports the fabrication of an integrated axicon lens within a monolithic fiber-upon-planar format. The lens is self-assembled around a tapered optical fiber during flame hydrolysis planarization. The formed lens approximates an oblate axicon that upon launch generates a quasi-Bessel beam, guided in the planar optical layer of the substrate. Experimental observations are theoretically concurred using Fourier-based beam propagation.