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Tailoring the geometry of polymer tips on the end of optical fibers via control of physico-chemical parameters

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In this article, the influence of parameters that govern the photopolymerization reaction and light propagation in the polyopolymerizable medium such as irradiation time, light power, oxygen quenching and dye absorption, were studied in order to control the final properties of the polymer tip.
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This article is published in Optical Materials.The article was published on 2009-02-01. It has received 30 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Fiber optic sensor & Optical fiber.

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The Optical Fiber Tip: An Inherently Light-Coupled Microscopic Platform for Micro- and Nanotechnologies

TL;DR: This review presents a broad overview of strategies for patterning the flat tip of an optical fiber, which include self-assembly, numerous lithographies, through-fiber patterning, hybrid techniques, and strategies for mass manufacture.
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Fabrication of micro-optical devices by self-guiding photopolymerization in the near IR.

TL;DR: The aim is to demonstrate that photopolymer material can be used to fabricate micro-optical devices by a single step process utilizing NIR activation.
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A Review of Hologram Storage and Self-Written Waveguides Formation in Photopolymer Media.

TL;DR: The evolution of the understanding of what takes place inside these materials and what happens during photopolymerization process is discussed, with the objective of further improving the performance of such materials.
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Wavelength-scale light concentrator made by direct 3D laser writing of polymer metamaterials

TL;DR: Infrared imaging of the structures reveals a tight focusing for both structures with a maximum local intensity increase by a factor of 2.5 for a concentrator volume of 1.5 λ3, slightly limited by the residual absorption of the selected polymer.
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Microlenses for coupling junction lasers to optical fibers.

TL;DR: A novel photolithographic technique was used to make hemispherical and hemicylindrical microlenses, with diameters between 4 microm and 10 microm, from commercially available negative type photoresist that is transparent at ir laser wavelengths.
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Integration of micrometer-sized polymer elements at the end of optical fibers by free-radical photopolymerization

TL;DR: A simple method of manufacturing micrometer-sized polymer elements at the extremity of both single-mode and multimode optical fibers is reported and it is shown that the tip geometry can be adjusted by the variation of basic parameters such as the geometry of the deposited drop and the conditions of drop illumination.
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Light coupling from a stripe-geometry GaAs diode laser into an optical fiber with spherical end

TL;DR: The acceptance angle of a fiber is increased remarkably by forming the fiber end spherically as discussed by the authors, and the coupling efficiency increased in this way is observed to be 5.2 times as high as that of a previous method.
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Chemically etched conical microlenses for coupling single-mode lasers into single-mode fibers

TL;DR: A simple method to selectively etch a fiber end to produce a conical lens whose base coincides with the fiber core is proposed and it is found that high coupling efficiency is expected in cases of practical interest.
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