Title :
Fusion splicing of a 31.6 km monomode optical fibre system
Author :
Payne, David B. ; McCartney, D.J. ; Healey, P.
Author_Institution :
British Telecom Research Laboratories, Ipswich, UK
Abstract :
The fusion splicing of a 14-fibre, 31.6 km-cabled, monomode optical fibre system, with a mean splice loss of 0.18 dB at ¿ = 1.3 ¿m and 0.12 dB at ¿ = 1.55 ¿m, is reported.
Keywords :
cable jointing; optical fibres; 14-fibre; fusion splicing; jointing; long optical fibre system; monomode optical fibre system;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19820057
