Fiber optic termination
Fiber optics must be terminated properly in order to permit high transmission. If you’re making your own, get a proper fiber cleaver and a set of polishing sheets. Here are a few good references: ThorLabs, LANshack, Datacottage
On the subject of fiber optics, I had a conversation with someone at our recent single cell electroporation workshop about running pulses from a Ti:Sapph laser through a fiber. It is possible to do so, without massive pulse dispersion, using a hollow core photonic band-gap fiber (ref, ref). It can also be done with a single mode fiber, but requires more kit (ref).
I recently had the pleasure of visiting Garret Stuber’s new lab at UNC-Chapel Hill. He has an exciting program going with optogenetics and I was impressed with the high quality fiber optic work in his lab. They’re really doing everything right.
Hi!
I found this guide from Thorlabs quite helpful as well:
http://www.thorlabs.de/Thorcat/1100/1166-D02.pdf
cheers,
T
(thanks for the great EP course!)
Thanks!
That’s a lot better than the other two references.
I’ve updated the post with your link.
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I’ve been wondering about the Ti:Sapph lasers through a fiber for some time, but I’ve not come across the references before. I suppose this will eliminate the frustrations of users interfering with each other’s recordings when having to mount two rigs on the same optical table when sharing a laser. Also a nice space saver. Thanks for the post!