DocumentCode
2315669
Title
Improvement of estimated splice loss accuracy by measuring MFD of spliced fiber
Author
Nakamichi, T. ; Ohzawa, K. ; Yaguchi, S.
Author_Institution
Fujikura Ltd., Sakura, Japan
fYear
2003
fDate
23-28 March 2003
Firstpage
10
Abstract
Estimated splice loss accuracy has been improved. The splicer has been improved to measure the mode field diameter (MFD) of the spliced fiber, and estimate the MFD mismatch loss accurately. This improvement is useful for dissimilar fiber splicing.
Keywords
optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre losses; splicing; measuring MFD; splice loss accuracy; spliced fiber; Bandwidth; Equations; Inductors; Loss measurement; Optical attenuators; Polymers; Preforms; Refractive index; Temperature; Viscosity;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN
1-55752-746-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.2003.1247451
Filename
1247451
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