Deformation-Resilient Structured Light Transport for Flexible Endoscopes
Analysis
Key Takeaways
- •Identifies limitations of standard multimode fibers in maintaining structured light during bending.
- •Proposes ion-exchange waveguides as a solution for deformation-resilient structured light transport.
- •Demonstrates improved performance of ion-exchange waveguides for imaging applications.
- •Addresses a key challenge in developing flexible endoscopes and other applications using structured light.
“The study confirms that imperfections in commercially available multimode fibers are responsible for undesirable alterations in the output structured light fields during bending. The ion-exchange waveguides exhibit previously unseen resilience of structured light transport even under severe deformation conditions.”