Low loss elliptical core D-fiber to PANDA fiber fusion splicing

Low loss elliptical core D-fiber to PANDA fiber fusion splicing

Elliptical core D-fiber is difficult to fusion splice to other types of fiber due to its small core and D-shaped cladding. The presented method of splicing D-fiber to PANDA fiber involves using E-fiber in a bridge splice. The E-fiber core is expanded to match the mode of the PANDA fiber. The D-fiber...

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Veröffentlicht in:Optics express 2008-09, Vol.16 (18), p.13552-13559
Hauptverfasser: Kvavle, Joshua M, Schultz, Stephen M, Selfridge, Richard H
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Computer Simulation
Computer-Aided Design
Equipment Design
Equipment Failure Analysis - methods
Fiber Optic Technology - instrumentation
Hot Temperature
Models, Theoretical
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Zusammenfassung:Elliptical core D-fiber is difficult to fusion splice to other types of fiber due to its small core and D-shaped cladding. The presented method of splicing D-fiber to PANDA fiber involves using E-fiber in a bridge splice. The E-fiber core is expanded to match the mode of the PANDA fiber. The D-fiber is then connected to the E-fiber with a low temperature splice. Total system loss for fibers spliced using this method is 0.72 dB with a polarization crosstalk of less than 25 dB.
ISSN:1094-4087
1094-4087
DOI:10.1364/OE.16.013552