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Image transport through a disordered optical fibre mediated by transverse Anderson localization

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  • Salman Karbasi

    (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)

  • Ryan J. Frazier

    (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)

  • Karl W. Koch

    (Optical Physics and Networks Technology, Corning Incorporated)

  • Thomas Hawkins

    (Clemson University)

  • John Ballato

    (Clemson University)

  • Arash Mafi

    (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)

Abstract

Transverse Anderson localization of light allows localized optical-beam-transport through a transversely disordered and longitudinally invariant medium. Its successful implementation in disordered optical fibres recently resulted in the propagation of localized beams of radii comparable to that of conventional optical fibres. Here we demonstrate optical image transport using transverse Anderson localization of light. The image transport quality obtained in the polymer disordered optical fibre is comparable to or better than some of the best commercially available multicore image fibres with less pixelation and higher contrast. It is argued that considerable improvement in image transport quality can be obtained in a disordered fibre made from a glass matrix with near wavelength-size randomly distributed air-holes with an air-hole fill-fraction of 50%. Our results open the way to device-level implementation of the transverse Anderson localization of light with potential applications in biological and medical imaging.

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  • Salman Karbasi & Ryan J. Frazier & Karl W. Koch & Thomas Hawkins & John Ballato & Arash Mafi, 2014. "Image transport through a disordered optical fibre mediated by transverse Anderson localization," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 5(1), pages 1-9, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:5:y:2014:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms4362
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4362
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