Title :
High numerical aperture imaging by using multimode fibers with micro-fabricated optics
Author :
Bianchi, Silvio ; Rajamanickam, Vijayakumar P. ; Ferrara, Lorenzo ; Di Fabrizio, Enzo ; Di Leonardo, Roberto ; Liberale, Carlo
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Fis., Univ. di Roma Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Abstract :
Controlling light propagation into multimode optical fibers through spatial light modulators provides highly miniaturized endoscopes and optical micromanipulation probes. We increase the numerical aperture up to nearly 1 by micro-optics fabricated on the fiber-end.
Keywords :
biomedical optical imaging; endoscopes; micro-optics; microfabrication; optical control; optical fibre fabrication; spatial light modulators; high numerical aperture imaging; light propagation control; microfabricated optics; miniaturized endoscopes; multimode optical fibers; optical micromanipulation probes; spatial light modulators; Adaptive optics; Biomedical optical imaging; Optical device fabrication; Optical diffraction; Optical imaging; Optical propagation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
