Developing novel fibres for endoscopic imaging and sensing

Stephanos Yerolatsitis, Harry C. Wood, Fei Yu, Michael G. Tanner, Sarah McAughtrie, Holly Fleming, Colin J. Campbell, Tim A. Birks, Jonathan C. Knight, James M. Stone

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Abstract

We are developing the next generation of optical fibres for endoscopic imaging and sensing. Our imaging fibre bundle is fabricated from OM1 PCVD graded index preforms made for the telecommunications market. Whilst having a lower numerical aperture, the performance of the imaging fibre is shown to be comparable to the current state-of-the-art commercial microendoscopy fibres. In addition, we are developing negative-curvature optical fibres, which exhibit ultra-low silica Raman background. Measuring Raman spectra through an optical fibre is usually complicated by the high intrinsic Raman scatter of the fibre material. Common solutions such as the use of multiple fibres and distal optics are complex and bulky. The single hollow core negative curvature fibre is used for Raman and surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy sensing with no distal optics while showing a 1000x background reduction compared to conventional fibres.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication21st International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2019
PublisherIEEE
ISBN (Electronic)9781728127798
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2019
Event21st International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2019 - Angers, France
Duration: 9 Jul 201913 Jul 2019

Publication series

NameInternational Conference on Transparent Optical Networks
Volume2019-July
ISSN (Electronic)2162-7339

Conference

Conference21st International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2019
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityAngers
Period9/07/1913/07/19

Funding

We would also like to thank the support of IRC (Proteus) and the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/K03197X/1 and EP/S001123/1)

Keywords

  • Endoscopic imaging
  • Optical fibres
  • Raman spectroscopy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

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