Remarkable optical coupling enhancement with laser selective focusing devices

  • Ruonan Ji
  • , Shao Wei Wang*
  • , Feiliang Chen
  • , Xingxing Liu
  • , Yifang Chen
  • , Wenjuan Wang
  • , Wei Lu
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In this paper, Fresnel zone plates (FZPs) have been employed as optical coupling devices to enhance the response of versatile laser detection systems. Two kinds of FZPs, amplitude-Fresnel zone plate (AFZP) and phase-Fresnel zone plate (PFZP), were fabricated and studied for comparison. The simulation and experiment results indicate that the FZPs have selective focusing abilities for wavelength and coherence of the incident lights, which contributes to high collection efficiency to the laser signals as well as suppression to the ambient lights. A 34 and 26 times gain in response were obtained when illuminated by coherent laser light by applying an AFZP and PFZP to an InGaAs/InP p-i-n photodetector, respectively. And a 30 % reduction in response was achieved by using an AFZP when illuminated by incoherent Tungsten-halogen lamp. In addition, 9.6 times of response enhancement has been observed after utilizing the AFZP for the laser ranging system.

Original languageEnglish
Article number473
JournalOptical and Quantum Electronics
Volume48
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Oct 2016
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Fresnel zone plates
  • Laser detection
  • Optical coupling enhancement
  • Selective focusing device

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