Nearly diffraction-limited focusing of a fiber axicon microlens

被引:48
作者
Eah, SK
Jhe, W [1 ]
Arakawa, Y
机构
[1] Seoul Natl Univ, Ctr Near Field Atom Photon Technol, Seoul 151742, South Korea
[2] Seoul Natl Univ, Sch Phys, Seoul 151742, South Korea
[3] Univ Tokyo, Adv Sci & Technol Res Ctr, Meguro Ku, Tokyo 1538505, Japan
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10.1063/1.1623002
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
We report a simple method of generating nearly diffraction-limited focused spot with a fiber axicon microlens. It is fabricated at the end of a commercially available single-mode optical fiber by the selective chemical etching method that allows fine control of the cone angle of the fiber. The walking distance of the microlens is estimated to be similar to1 mum, which is measured by the photoluminescence from semiconductor single quantum dots. (C) 2003 American Institute of Physics.
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页码:4969 / 4971
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