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Beam Profiling Aids Fiber Optics Manufacturing

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Beam profiling promises to ease and automate fiber-lens alignment.

Dr. Derrick Peterman, John Fleischer and Dan C. Swain

In the fiber optics industry, one constantly hears that new markets will remain elusive unless production efficiency is improved. It is a common goal, therefore, to develop better processes. We propose beam profiling as a scalable improvement for the alignment of a variety of fiber optic components. Fiber-lens alignment is required in the production of many components, including optical switches, multiplexer/demultiplexers and filters. The light from the end of a bare fiber is highly divergent, and substantial power is lost in the fiber optic component unless a lens is used to collimate...Read full article

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