Single-mode optical fibers coupling: Study of the field of view

Abstract

Abstract Single mode Fiber (SMF) is commonly used in long distance applications as in optical communication. Coupling of the laser beam into SMF core to get high coupling efficiency is a challenging task in practice. The aim of our work is to study the impact of the field of view on the coupled light beam, taking into account well designed coupling lens to be sure that the focal spot has matched to the mode of propagation.Here in this article, a conical lens of 1.5 refractive index was used for light coupling process. The used criteria at HeNe laser of 0.5438 nm wavelength showed a degradation in the output signal due to generated distortion as the field of view increased from 0 to 6 degrees.