Miniature 120-beam coherent combiner with 3D-printed optics for multicore fiber-based endoscopy

Opt Lett. 2021 Oct 1;46(19):4968-4971. doi: 10.1364/OL.435063.

Abstract

In this Letter, we report a high-efficiency, miniaturized, ultra-fast coherent beam, combined with 3D-printed micro-optics directly on the tip of a multicore fiber bundle. The highly compact device footprint (180 µm in diameter) facilitates its incorporation into a minimally invasive ultra-thin nonlinear endoscope to perform two-photon imaging.

MeSH terms

  • Endoscopes*
  • Endoscopy*
  • Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal
  • Optics and Photonics
  • Photons
  • Printing, Three-Dimensional