Polarization maintaining square

Eric Suran (1) , Alexandre Kudlinski (2) , G. Martinelli (2) , Yves Quiquempois (2) , M. Douay , Frédéric Louradour (1) , Dominique Pagnoux (1) , Alain Barthélémy (1)

1 PHOTONIQUE
2 PhLAM - Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523

We have reported a polarization maintaining multicore air/silica optical fiber. Such a fiber can serve as an image guide for laser scanning endoscopy. We designed and fabricated a series of multicore fiber with a square lattice and non coupled individual cores. Air/silica structures provide the possibility of combining large numerical aperture, and temperature insensitive form-birefringence, which are interesting features for imaging with optical waveguides. A typical scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a fabricated fiber is displayed.

Eric Suran, Alexandre Kudlinski, G. Martinelli, Yves Quiquempois, M. Douay, et al.. Polarization maintaining square. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics CLEO Europe,, Jun 2009, Munich, Germany. 1 page, ⟨10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5196469⟩. ⟨hal-00715949⟩