Preparing de fibre for Fiasco/Jena


Centering and autocollimation of the aligment tool.

Projection of the green laser from the fibre input end on screen, while red laser autocollimated on ferrule.

Picking of the grin-lens (1mm diameter, 2.5mm length).

Preparation of optical glue (Epotek 301)

Puting a drop of glue in the base of the grin-lens

Inspecting the placement of the grin-lens inside the aligment tool.

Process of centering grin-lens on fibre input end.

Projection of the green laser on screen while centering

Grin-lense centered on the fibre when projection centered on screen.

Curing of the glue by heating (1 hour at 65C)

Verification of autocollimation (red laser) and centering of the grin-lens (green laser)

Close up of the grin-lens glued on fibre in ferrule.

Image of the fibre end through the mini lens

Placement of the fibre end with the mini-lens into the mirror-diaphragm support

Glueing of the fibre end and lens into the support

Leveling of the fibre-lens support

Placement of the mirror-diaphragm on its support

Projection of the fibre end on a screen by illumination of the fibre from the othe end

First try. Adjustement of position of the mirror-diaphragm on its support with the help of a photodiode by back illumiation

Centering the microscope on the image of the pupil fibre

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