DocumentCode
1498909
Title
Low-loss fattened fusion splices between different fibres
Author
O´Brien, E.M. ; Hussey, C.D.
Author_Institution
Lightwave Technol. Res. Centre, Limerick Univ., Ireland
Volume
35
Issue
2
fYear
1999
fDate
1/21/1999 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
168
Lastpage
169
Abstract
Using a fattening technique which requires a flame with a long hot zone. Fibres with both different cladding diameters and NAs can be spliced with low loss. For instance, a standard 125/9.5 μm telecommunications fibre (NA=0.11), can be spliced to an 80/5.3 μm fibre (NA=0.21) with 0.1 dB loss
Keywords
optical fibre communication; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre losses; 0.1 dB; cladding; fattening; flame; fusion splice; loss; numerical aperture; telecommunication optical fibre;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19990096
Filename
758038
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