Title :
Melt splice of multimode optical fibre with an electric arc
Author :
Hirai, Masataka ; Uchida, Naoya
Author_Institution :
NTT Ibaraki Electrical Communication Laboratory, Tokai, Japan
Abstract :
The arc-fusion method for splicing has been improved by adopting a new technique. Fibre ends to be spliced are smoothly arranged by prefusion before the fibres are pressed and fused together. An average splicing loss of 0.09 dB has been attained by using the new method.
Keywords :
joining processes; optical fibres; optical workshop techniques; arc fusion method; electric arc; melt splice; multimode optical fibre; splicing loss;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19770087
