Fiber-optic assemblies based on polycrystalline lightguides for the mid-IR

Korsakova, E.A., Lvov, A.E., Kashuba, I.A., Korsakov, V.S., Salimgareev, D.D., Korsakov, A.S., Zhukova, L.V.

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Корсакова Е.А., Львов А.Е., Кашуба И.А., Корсаков В.С., Салимгареев Д.Д., Корсаков А.С., Жукова Л.В. Волоконно-оптические сборки на основе поликристаллических световодов для среднего инфракрасного диапазона // Оптический журнал. 2019. Т. 86. № 7. С. 58–66. http://doi.org/10.17586/1023-5086-2019-86-07-58-66

Korsakova E.A., Lvov A.E., Kashuba I.A., Korsakov V.S., Salimgareev D.D., Korsakov A.S., Zhukova L.V. Fiber-optic assemblies based on polycrystalline lightguides for the mid-IR [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2019. V. 86. № 7. P. 58–66. http://doi.org/10.17586/1023-5086-2019-86-07-58-66

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E. A. Korsakova, A. E. L’vov, I. A. Kashuba, V. S. Korsakov, D. D. Salimgareev, A. S. Korsakov, and L. V. Zhukova, "Fiber-optic assemblies based on polycrystalline lightguides for the mid-IR," Journal of Optical Technology. 86(7), 439-445 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.86.000439

Abstract:

High-resolution fiber-optic assemblies based on modified silver halide lightguides that operate in the spectral region from 2 to 25 μm have been developed and investigated. Two nontrivial methods of fabricating polycrystalline fiber assemblies for the mid-IR are proposed and implemented. One of them was used to produce fiber assemblies from silver halide lightguides with the unprecedentedly low diameter of 110 μm. The functional properties of the resulting fiber assemblies are studied: the transmission range, optical losses, cross-talk, spatial resolution, and the effect of heating. The resulting data make it possible to consider using such fiber assemblies in IR thermography, spectroscopy, and microscopy.

Keywords:

silver halide, fiber assemblies, polycrystalline infrared lightguides, mid-IR, IR thermography

Acknowledgements:

The research was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (project No. 18-73-10063).

OCIS codes: 060.2280, 060.2310

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