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Low‐loss splice in a microstructured fibre using a conventional fusion splicer
Author(s) -
Frazão O.,
Carvalho J. P.,
Salgado H. M.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.20935
Subject(s) - splice , fusion splicing , fuse (electrical) , fusion , materials science , microwave , arc (geometry) , electric arc , reproducibility , optoelectronics , electrical engineering , engineering , composite material , electrode , mechanical engineering , telecommunications , physics , fiber , chemistry , biochemistry , linguistics , philosophy , chromatography , quantum mechanics , gene
A simple splice technique to fuse a SMF‐28™ and a microstructured fibre using a conventional electric‐arc splicer is presented. The technique consists in applying the electric arc in the SMF‐28™ region. The fusion‐loss dependence with arc duration for constant fusion power is also investigated. A splice loss of 0.25 dB is obtained with high reproducibility. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 46: 172–174, 2005; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.20935