Transmission of straight and curved multimode optical fibers

Ivan S. Melnik; Igor Kravchenko; Nikolay A. Denisov; Sergiy M. Dets; Tatyana V. Rusina

doi:10.1117/12.229186

3 January 1995 Transmission of straight and curved multimode optical fibers

Ivan S. Melnik, Igor Kravchenko, Nikolay A. Denisov, Sergiy M. Dets, Tatyana V. Rusina

Proceedings Volume 2631, Medical and Fiber Optic Sensors and Delivery Systems; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.229186
Event: BiOS Europe '95, 1995, Barcelona, Spain

Abstract

Bent multimode optical fibers were studied using a 3D ray tracing program. Effect of fiber bending increased with smaller input aperture beams. Transmission of fibers decreased for the longer proximal straight part of the fiber. Significant focusing effect and output light redistribution were detected if a proximal straight part of the fiber was less than 1 fiber diameter. Transmission of hollow waveguides considerably depended on the inner surface quality. Calculated data were in accordance with experimental measurements of fiber transmission and output light distribution. Ray tracing is a useful approach to simulate different delivery systems using optical fibers and hollow waveguides.

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Ivan S. Melnik, Igor Kravchenko, Nikolay A. Denisov, Sergiy M. Dets, and Tatyana V. Rusina "Transmission of straight and curved multimode optical fibers", Proc. SPIE 2631, Medical and Fiber Optic Sensors and Delivery Systems, (3 January 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.229186

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