Diffractive beam shaping, tracking and coupling for wave-guided optical waveguides (WOWs)

Mark Villangca; Andrew Bañas; Thomas Aabo; Darwin Palima; Jesper Glückstad

doi:10.1117/12.2039348

25 February 2014 Diffractive beam shaping, tracking and coupling for wave-guided optical waveguides (WOWs)

Mark Villangca, Andrew Bañas, Thomas Aabo, Darwin Palima, Jesper Glückstad

Proceedings Volume 8999, Complex Light and Optical Forces VIII; 89991F (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2039348
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2014, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

We have previously proposed and demonstrated the targeted-light delivery capability of wave-guided optical waveguides (WOWs). The full strength of this structure-mediated paradigm can be harnessed by addressing multiple WOWs and manipulating them to work in tandem. We propose the use of diffractive techniques to create multiple focal spots that can be coupled into light manipulated WOWs. This is done by using a spatial light modulator to project the necessary phase to generate the multiple coupling light spots. We incorporate a diffractive setup in our Biophotonics Workstation (BWS) and demonstrate holographic shaping, tracking of light in 3D with the purpose of coupling light in the WOWs.

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Mark Villangca, Andrew Bañas, Thomas Aabo, Darwin Palima, and Jesper Glückstad "Diffractive beam shaping, tracking and coupling for wave-guided optical waveguides (WOWs)", Proc. SPIE 8999, Complex Light and Optical Forces VIII, 89991F (25 February 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2039348

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