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    The document discusses numerical aperture (NA), which is a measure of how much light an optical system can collect. NA is related to the acceptance angle, which indicates the size of the cone of light that can be accepted. The acceptance angle and NA are linked to the refractive indices of the optical fiber core and cladding. Experiments are described to measure the acceptance angle of an optical fiber by emitting light from the fiber and measuring the diameter of the light cone at different distances, in order to calculate the fiber's NA.

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    The document discusses numerical aperture (NA), which is a measure of how much light an optical system can collect. NA is related to the acceptance angle, which indicates the size of the cone of light that can be accepted. The acceptance angle and NA are linked to the refractive indices of the optical fiber core and cladding. Experiments are described to measure the acceptance angle of an optical fiber by emitting light from the fiber and measuring the diameter of the light cone at different distances, in order to calculate the fiber's NA.

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    The document discusses numerical aperture (NA), which is a measure of how much light an optical system can collect. NA is related to the acceptance angle, which indicates the size of the cone of light that can be accepted. The acceptance angle and NA are linked to the refractive indices of the optical fiber core and cladding. Experiments are described to measure the acceptance angle of an optical fiber by emitting light from the fiber and measuring the diameter of the light cone at different distances, in order to calculate the fiber's NA.

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    4.

    8 Acceptance Angle and Numerical Aperture


    The Numerical Aperture (NA) is a measure of how much light can be collected
    by an optical system such as an optical fibre or a microscope lens.

    The NA is related to the acceptance angle a, which indicates the size of a


    cone of light that can be accepted by the fibre.

    Equipment

    Optical Optical
    Ruler
    Bench Mounts

    Optical fibre Imaging


    Protractor
    and holder screen

    cladding n2
    air core n1
    core
    n1 a

    n2 cladding n2

    Figure 4.32 Acceptance angle of an optical fibre

    Both numerical aperture and acceptance angle are linked to the refractive
    index via:

    NA = naSin a = (n12 n22)1/2

    Where n1 = refractive index of core


    n2 = refractive index of cladding
    na = refractive index of air (1.00)

    Based on measurements of the critical angle and refractive index of plastic


    (assume the two plastic blocks are similar) calculate the acceptance angle
    and numerical aperture for the (2D) block.

    The cladding for the Lucite rod is air. Work out the NA using both equations
    and comment on the results

    The kit is supplied with polymer multimode fibre with a core diameter of 1000
    microns or 1mm.

    Acton Instruments - ANU Page 1 8/16/2017


    One way of measuring the NA of this fibre is to fill the fibre with light and
    measure the characteristics of the light leaving the fibre. Plug the fibre into the
    analog output and position the components on the optical bench as shown in
    figure 4.33.

    screen

    Fibre
    a

    Analog in Analog out Photodiode 1 Photodiode 2 BNC & LED BNC & LED

    Figure 4.33 Measuring numerical aperture

    The fibre output is a cone of light that spreads out wider as the distance from
    the fibre exit increases.
    The grid slide or screen and ruler can be used to measure diameters. The
    edges of the cone of light may appear fuzzy so there will be an error
    introduced into your measurements.

    Measurement of the edges is an approximation to the notion of Full Width Half


    Maximum (FWHM). This is how light boundaries are characterised as shown
    in figure 4.34.

    intensity
    FWHM

    distance

    Figure 4.34 Optical pattern of a LED showing the FWHM points

    Measure distance and spot diameter for several different distances and plot
    the results on graph paper to scale.

    Measure the acceptance (emission) angle and calculate the numerical


    aperture.

    The LED light source for the fibre has a lens incorporated into the design to
    match the numerical aperture of the fibre.

    Acton Instruments - ANU Page 2 8/16/2017

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