We present a common-path optical frequency domain imaging (CP-OFDI) system for non-invasive evaluation of various
pearls. By adopting a high speed ready-to-ship scanning light source and a common-path lensed fiber probe, with the
help of a rotation stage, real-time display of whole circumference of a pearl could be achieved. The common-path lensed
fiber probe was fabricated by simply forming a focusing lens directly on the tip of an optical fiber, thus the fiber lens
acted as a reference reflector as well as a focusing lens. The focal length of the lensed fiber probe was over 600 μm in
free space and the average imaging depth reached up to 3 mm, which was deep enough to examine the internal structure
of the pearl. The sensitivity of the system was experimentally obtained as 100dB. With an implemented system, the
presence of nucleus and the nacreous laminated pattern were confirmed and analyzed. Experimental results show that the
CP-OFDI system has great potential for identifying and grading pearls non-invasively but precisely.
We propose a simple but compact hydrogen sensor based on Fabry-Perot (FP) type all fiber interferometer. The proposed
sensor consists of two cascaded FP cavities formed with hollow core fiber (HOF) cavity, which is mainly used to
compensate the influence of the unstable source power, and multi mode fiber (MMF) cavity coated with palladium as a
sensing part. The experiment result shows that the exposed 4% hydrogen gas can be detected by the variation of
interference fringe contrast with respect to optical property change of the palladium.
We demonstrate a simple but highly sensitive hydrogen sensor based on palladium-coated long-period fiber grating
(LPG) inscribed in low core index fiber, which induces higher order cladding modes. As palladium layer absorbed 4% of
hydrogen gas, the dual resonant wavelengths of the higher order cladding mode (LP08) are shifted to the opposite
direction. The spectral sensitivity was much higher than those of other fiber-optic palladium-coated hydrogen sensors.
We present the method measuring the thickness and the refractive index of a transparent specimen at a same time based on
full-field optical coherence tomography. As a sample a small drop of epoxy was placed on a flat plate and the high-resolution
depth resolved en-face images of the epoxy drop were taken. With adopting the plate surface as a reference plane,
the physical thickness and the refractive index distribution could be obtained. Owing to the full-field imaging capability, we
could obtain the transverse distributions of the thickness and the refractive index without any transverse scanning. The
measured thickness at the center of the sample was 24 μm and the average index was 1.4055 with the standard deviation of
0.0002.
We report an all-fiber system aided by double-clad fiber (DCF) and DCF devices for simultaneous measurements of
optical coherence tomography (OCT) and fluorescence spectroscopy (FS). The DCF together with DCF coupler and
single-body DCF lens helped in realizing a multifunctional single-unit probe for the OCT-FS system. The fiber lens
formed on the DCF aids in effective focusing and signal collection, while the DCF coupler collects the OCT signal from
the core and the fluorescence signal from the cladding of the DCF. The OCT image and fluorescence spectra of plant
tissues are simultaneously measured and presented to validate the performance.
We demonstrate a high temperature sensor by using an intrinsic photonic crystal fiber (PCF) based Mach-Zehnder
interferometer. Air hole collapsed regions inside the PCF act as coupler between the core and cladding modes which
form the two arms of the interferometer. The temperature measurements are obtained by measuring the shift in the peaks
of the interference signal. The experiments confirm the reliability, repeatability and hysteresis. The small amount of
hysteresis and deviation in the repeated experiments are within the experimental errors.
We propose an all-fiber probe for the sample arm of an optical coherence tomography (OCT) system. By forming a
focusing lens directly on the tip of an optical fiber, a compact sample probe could be implemented. To achieve a long
enough working distance and a high enough lateral resolution at the same time, a coreless silica fiber (CSF) having a
diameter larger than that of a conventional single mode fiber was utilized. With the specially fabricated CSF having a
diameter of 180 μm, a fiber-lens having a 120 μm radius of curvature could be made, which allowed the sample probe
having a working distance as long as 920 μm and a lateral resolution as high as 9.4 μm. To present the performance of
the OCT system equipped with the proposed sample probe, the OCT images of a rat finger skin and a pearl were taken.
The system could image as deep as 1.0 mm of the rat finger skin and 3.5 mm of the pearl, and the images are compared
with the ones taken by using a conventional objective lens (10x, NA0.25). Owing to the small form factor of the
proposed probe, it can find good applications in the field of optical imaging based on endoscope or catheter.
We report on the fabrication and performance of a lensed photonic crystal fiber (PCF) designed as a compact but effective side-viewing optical imaging probe. The lensed-PCF probe was implemented in a single body without using any other fibers or additional optics. The beam expansion region and a focusing ball lens, necessary as a focuser, were simultaneously formed along a small piece of PCF by using arc discharges. The side-viewing ability was endowed by polishing the ball lens with a femto-second laser to form a TIR (total internal reflection) surface. The working distance and the transverse resolution of the fabricated single-body lensed-PCF were experimentally measured to be ~570 μm and 6.8 μm, respectively. With the proposed lensed-PCF probe, OCT images of an in vitro biological sample were successfully obtained
We implemented a fiber-based optical coherence tomography (OCT) system by using a photonic crystal fiber (PCF) coupler which could support an ultra-wideband spectral bandwidth. The PCF coupler fabricated by the fused biconical tapered (FBT) method showed rather flat coupling efficiency over a broad spectral bandwidth. Furthermore, the mode-field shapes at the output ports of the PCF coupler showed single mode characteristic over a wideband range. These features will enable the OCT system to operate at 1300 nm as well as at 800 nm without changing the coupler. The FWHM of the interferogram was measured to be about 3 um when a white-light source was used. While a Ti:Sapphire laser and a conventional superluminescent diode (SLD) produced interferograms with FWHMs of about 4 um and 15 um, respectively. The OCT imaging performance of the PCF-based OCT system was demonstrated by imaging an in vitro rat eye and Misgurnus mizolepis skin with a SLD source at 1300 nm and by imaging a tooth with a Ti:Sapphire laser source at 800 nm. The PCF coupler might enable the utilization of an ultra-wideband supercontinuum generated light source in fiber-optic OCT systems for obtaining high resolution, and also realization of a white-light source as a cost effective solution for fiber-based high-resolution OCT systems. Further, this coupler also can operate as single mode not only near 1000 nm but also near 500 nm wavelengths. This feature may support realization of fiber based second harmonic (SH) OCT system.
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