Beam characteristics of fiber-based supercontinuum light sources with mirror-and lens-based beam collimators
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2014
Abstract
Commercially available supercontinuum light sources that cover most of the solar spectrum are well suited for instrumentation, where a wellcollimated beam with wide spectral coverage is needed. Typically, the optical power is emitted from a single-mode photonic-crystal fiber and the output can either be collimated using a proprietary, permanently integrated, lens-based collimator or with a customer-provided, off-axis parabolic mirror. Here, we evaluate both approaches and conclude that, superior beam quality and collimation over the whole spectral range can be obtained with an off-axis parabolic mirror, however at the price of a more complex and bulky system requiring additional user alignment. © 2014 Optical Society of America.
Publication Title
Optics Express
Recommended Citation
Arnold, I.,
Moosmüller, H.,
Sharma, N.,
&
Mazzoleni, C.
(2014).
Beam characteristics of fiber-based supercontinuum light sources with mirror-and lens-based beam collimators.
Optics Express,
22(11), 13860-13869.
http://doi.org/10.1364/OE.22.013860
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