Abstract
We demonstrate all-fiber STED illumination using vortex fiber modes excited via fiber gratings. The grating’s high purity mode conversion (98.7%) yields a depletion beam with 20.5dB extinction ratio, and the schematic is resistant to fiber bends down to 6mm radius.
© 2016 Optical Society of America
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