Low-loss splices between different fibers

Conleth Denis Hussey; Kenneth P. Oakley

doi:10.1117/12.463687

27 August 2003 Low-loss splices between different fibers

Conleth Denis Hussey, Kenneth P. Oakley

Proceedings Volume 4876, Opto-Ireland 2002: Optics and Photonics Technologies and Applications; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.463687
Event: OPTO Ireland, 2002, Galway, Ireland

Abstract

Dispersion compensating fibre (DCF) and high NA fibre (HNA) can be fusion spliced to standard communications single mode fibre (SMF) with considerably reduced splice losses if the cores on both sides of the splice are adiabatically diffused. Overall losses of 0.2 dB and 0.05 dB for DCF/SMF and HNA/SMF splices, respectively, have been repeatably achieved with this technique. With an alternative adiabatic splice fattening technique, small diameter fibre (80/5.3 mm) can be fusion spliced to standard communications fibre (125/9.5 mm) with losses as low as 0.6 dB.

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Conleth Denis Hussey and Kenneth P. Oakley "Low-loss splices between different fibers", Proc. SPIE 4876, Opto-Ireland 2002: Optics and Photonics Technologies and Applications, (27 August 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.463687

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