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    • Optics and Photonics
    • Materials Science

    Background:

    • Light coupling into optical fibers is constrained by the numerical aperture (NA).
    • Existing multimode fiber technologies face limitations in light incoupling efficiency.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To overcome the numerical aperture limit in optical fiber light coupling.
    • To enhance the incoupling performance of silica multimode fibers.

    Main Methods:

    • Fabrication of large-area polymer axial-symmetric microstructures using nanoprinting.
    • Experimental investigation of light coupling into modified optical fibers.
    • Development of a ray-optical mathematical model for grating-assisted light coupling.

    Main Results:

    • Achieved a two to three orders of magnitude improvement in incoupling performance.
    • Demonstrated enhanced light coupling significantly beyond the conventional numerical aperture limit.
    • Validated experimental findings with a complementary ray-optical model.

    Conclusions:

    • Nanoprinting microstructures on fibers substantially improves incoupling performance.
    • This advancement opens new possibilities for multimode fiber applications.
    • Potential impacts span life sciences, quantum technologies, and lab-on-fiber devices.