Fabrication method of ultra-small gradient-index fiber probe |
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Authors: | Chi Wang Fang Zhang Shu-Bo Bi Xue-Qin Xia Ting-Ting Xu |
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Affiliation: | Department of Precision Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai
University |
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Abstract: | Fabrication method and device of ultra-small gradient-index(GRIN) fiber probe were investigated in order to explore the development of ultra-small probes for optical coherence tomography(OCT) imaging.The beamexpanding effect of no-core fiber(NCF) and the focusing properties of the GRIN fiber lens were analyzed based on the model of GRIN fiber probe consisting of single-mode fiber(SMF),NCF and GRIN fiber lens.A stereo microscope based system was developed to fabricate the GRIN fiber probe.A fiber fusion splicer and an ultrasonic cleaver were used to weld and cut the fiber respectively.A confocal microscopy was used to measure the dimensions of probe components.The results show that the sizes of probe components developed are at the level of millimeter.Therefore,the proposed experimental system meets the fabrication requirements of an ultra-small self-focusing GRIN fiber probe.This shows that this fabrication device and method can be employed in the fabrication of ultrasmall self-focusing GRIN fiber probe and applied in the study of miniaturized optical probes and OCT systems. |
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Keywords: | Optical coherence tomography (OCT) Gradient-index (GRIN) fiber probe GRIN fiber lens No-core fiber (NCF) |
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