Complete modal decomposition for optical fibers using CGH-based correlation filters

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 9347-9356

  Kaiser, Thomas ^a   Flamm, Daniel ^a   Schröter, Siegmund ^b   Duparre, Michael ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

(060.2270) fiber characterization; (090.1970) diffractive optics; (090.2890) holographic optical elements; (120.3940) metrology; (140.3295) laser beam characterization

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; CHARACTERIZATION; DECOMPOSITION; HOLOGRAPHIC OPTICAL ELEMENTS; HOLOGRAPHY; LASER BEAMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL CORRELATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHASE STRUCTURE;

BEAM CHARACTERIZATION; COMPUTER GENERATED; CORRELATION FILTERS; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; FIBER CHARACTERIZATIONS; HOLOGRAPHIC FILTERS; LASER BEAM CHARACTERIZATION; MODAL DECOMPOSITION;

COMPUTER GENERATED HOLOGRAPHY;

GLASS FIBER;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HOLOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HOLOGRAPHY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICAL FIBERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 66449126544     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.009347     Document Type: Article

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