Digital holographic microtomography of fusion spliced optical fibers

Yating Deng; Wen Xiao; Xichao Ma; Feng Pan

doi:10.1117/12.2250764

6 April 2017 Digital holographic microtomography of fusion spliced optical fibers

Yating Deng, Wen Xiao, Xichao Ma, Feng Pan

Proceedings Volume 10127, Practical Holography XXXI: Materials and Applications; 1012705 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2250764
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2017, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

In this paper, we report three-dimensional(3D) measurement results of structural parameters of fusion spliced optical fibers using digital holographic microtomography. A holographic setup in microscopy configuration with the sample-fixed and setup-rotating scheme is established. A series of holograms is recorded from various incident angles. Then the filtered backprojection algorithm is applied to reconstruct the 3D refractive index (RI) distributions of the fusion spliced optical fibers inserted in the index-matching liquid. Experimental results exhibit the internal and external shapes of three kinds of fusion splices between different fibers, including a single-mode fiber(SMF) and a multimode fiber, an SMF and a panda polarization maintaining fiber (Panda PMF), and an SMF and a bow-tie polarization maintaining fiber (Bow-Tie PMF). With 3D maps of RI, it is intuitive to observe internal structural details of fused fibers and evaluate the splicing quality. This paper describes a powerful method for non-invasive microscopic measurement of fiber splicing. Furthermore, it provides the possibility of detecting fiber splicing loss by 3D structures.

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Yating Deng, Wen Xiao, Xichao Ma, and Feng Pan "Digital holographic microtomography of fusion spliced optical fibers", Proc. SPIE 10127, Practical Holography XXXI: Materials and Applications, 1012705 (6 April 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2250764

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