Title :
Longitudinal distribution of stress along the splice between dissimilar optical fibers
Author :
Shin, W. ; Han, M.J. ; Paek, U.C. ; Kim, D.Y. ; Oh, K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. & Commun., Kwangju Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Gwangju, South Korea
Abstract :
We report detailed axial stress distribution along the splice between dissimilar optical fibers. Variation in magnitude, sign as well as discontinuity in the stress distribution were experimentally analyzed for splicing DCF, DSF and EDF with SMF.
Keywords :
internal stresses; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre networks; optical fibre testing; splicing; axial stress distribution; dispersion compensating fiber; dispersion shifted fiber; dissimilar optical fibers; erbium doped fiber; single mode fiber; splicing; stress distribution discontinuity;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5
