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Transmission of Multiple Signals through an Optical Fiber Using Wavefront Shaping
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Demonstration of coherent imaging through a phased array of single-mode optical fibers
K Liewer1, S Martin, E Serabyn
1Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91109, USA. kurt.liewer@jpl.nasa.gov
Optics Letters
|August 14, 2013
Abstract:
We demonstrate coherent imaging through a phased array of single-mode optical fibers. Specifically, we show that two laboratory point sources located within the individual-fiber single-mode acceptance angle can be resolved. Such techniques could eventually enable direct imaging with arrays of small collecting telescopes.
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