Measuring beam quality of hollow core photonic crystal fibers

Jonathan D. Shephard; Peter J. Roberts; J. D C Jones; Jonathan C. Knight; Duncan P. Hand

doi:10.1109/JLT.2006.881845

Measuring beam quality of hollow core photonic crystal fibers

Jonathan D. Shephard, Peter J. Roberts, J. D C Jones, Jonathan C. Knight, Duncan P. Hand

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In this paper, the authors measure the quality of the delivered beam from hollow core photonic crystal fibers (HC-PCFs). The M² parameter is determined, and the near- to far-field transition is examined. The influence on these properties due to the presence of a core surround mode is evaluated. The applicability of the International Standards Organization 11146:1999 standard for M² measurement of the beam quality of HC-PCFs is discussed. Because they are dependent on the measurement parameters, such as choice of aperturing scheme and the axis of measurement, M² values could vary from 1.32 to 3.17 for the same output beam. This highlights the need for careful consideration when measuring and describing the beam quality delivered by these novel photonic fibers. © 2006 IEEE.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3761-3769
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of Lightwave Technology
Volume	24
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/JLT.2006.881845
Publication status	Published - Oct 2006

Keywords

Beam quality
Hollow core (HC)
Photonic crystal fibers (PCFs)

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