Overcoming the diffraction limit of optical microscopes for measuring tapered optical fibers

Abderrahim Azzoune (1) , Philippe Delaye (1) , Sylvie Lebrun (1) , Maha Bouhadida (1) , Gilles Pauliat (1)

1 Laboratoire Charles Fabry / Manolia

We describe a technique that allows increasing the resolution of optical microscopes for nanofiber measurements. We demonstrated it by measuring the diameter of tapered fibers for radii ranging from 0.2 to 1.5 μm.

Mots clés: Optical metrology; Optical microscopy; Optical fibers

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

Abderrahim Azzoune, Philippe Delaye, Sylvie Lebrun, Maha Bouhadida, Gilles Pauliat. Overcoming the diffraction limit of optical microscopes for measuring tapered optical fibers. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO: Applications and Technology 2019, May 2019, San Jose, California, United States. OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, 2019), pp.JTh2A.102, 2019, ⟨10.1364/CLEO_AT.2019.JTh2A.102⟩. ⟨hal-02129105⟩