Laser Diode Microlens

Article osti 6431717 title microlens frames for laser diode arrays author skidmore j a and freitas b l abstractnote monolithic microlens frames enable the fabrication of monolithic laser diode arrays and are manufactured inexpensively with high registration and with inherent focal length compensation for any lens diameter variation.

Laser diode microlens.

The details of which have been shown in table 1 among the commonly used single mode fiber including circular core and elliptic core the former is more widely used. Lawrence livermore national laboratory llnl has actively pursued optical efficiency and engineering improvements in this technology in an effort to supply large radiance. Simple conical microlenses are fabricated on the end of a vapor axial deposition single mode fiber to increase the coupling efficiency between the laser diode and the single mode fiber. Direct diode to fiber coupling has recently been demonstrated for a medical application in which 22 w of cw 690 nm radiation was delivered from a microlens conditioned stack of algainp laser diode bars through a 1 mm core fused silica fiber.

Multi channel optical communication systems require microlens arrays for coupling between laser sources fiber and waveguide arrays optical multiplexing and optical switching. All the aberrations are corrected and the beam has circular beam profile. Ldm 4980 series laser diode mount setup duration. Newport corp by mks 775 views.

Powerphotonic s microlens arrays are the ideal lens solution providing a precise and monolithic component for array collimation and coupling. The ability to condition the radiance of laser diodes using shaped fiber cylindrical microlens technology has dramatically increased the number of applications that can be practically engaged by diode laser arrays. We present a theoretical investigation of coupling optics involving a laser diode and circular core graded index single mode fiber via a parabolic microlens on the fiber tip to predict the nature of suitable refractive index profile for the first time in connection with optimum coupling. Mosfets and transistors with arduino duration.

The study is carried out in absence and presence of possible transverse and angular misalignments. The lowest coupling loss 3 db has been achieved by using a 1 3 μm ingaasp buried heterostructure laser diode and a single mode fiber. Further a microlens can cause maximum coupling if it has sufficiently large aperture so as to collect the entire incident light its transformed spot size matches the laser spot size and it will have no spherical aberration 1 2. Dronebot workshop 190 971 views.

Fibers with different kinds of core and index as well as different kinds of microlens on the fiber tip were comprehensively investigated to improve the coupling efficiency between the laser diode and the microlens fiber.