Bending-induced inter-core group delays in multicore fibers.
Opt Express
; 25(25): 31863-31875, 2017 Dec 11.
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ABSTRACT
We examine the impact of fiber bends on ultrashort pulse propagation in a 169-core multicore fiber (MCF) by numerical simulations and experimental measurements. We show that an L-shaped bend (where only one end of the MCF is fixed) induces significant changes in group delays that are a function of core position but linear along the bending axis with a slope directly proportional to the bending angle. For U- and S-shaped bends (where both ends of the MCF are fixed) the induced refractive index and group delay changes are much smaller than the residual, intrinsic inter-core group delay differences of the unbent MCF. We further show that when used for point-scanning lensless endoscopy with ultrashort pulse excitation, bend-induced group delays in the MCF degrade the point-spread function due to spatiotemporal coupling. Our results show that bend-induced effects in MCFs can be parametrized with only two parameters the angle of the bend axis and the amplitude of the bend. This remains valid for bend amplitudes up to at least 200 degrees.
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OFTALMOLOGIA
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