Title :
Fully automatic optical fibre arc-fusion splice machine
Author :
Haibara, T. ; Tachikura, Masao ; Arioka, R.
Author_Institution :
NTT Ibaraki Electrical Communication Laboratory, Tokai, Japan
Abstract :
A newly developed fully automatic optical fibre arc-fusion splice machine is described. All splice processes such as stripping, cutting, alignment, arc-fusion and reinforcement are carried out sequentially without human intervention. By using the machine, an average splice loss of 0.07 dB and a median tensile strength of 1.2 GPa are obtained for graded-index multimode fibres.
Keywords :
electric heating; optical fibres; optical workshop techniques; alignment; arc-fusion splice machine; cutting; electric heating; graded-index multimode fibres; optical fibre; optical workshop techniques; reinforcement; stripping;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19840728
