Open AccessFiber End‐Capping and Splicing of High‐Power Fiber Arrays
Author(s) -
Theeg Thomas,
Pulzer Tony,
Brag Jürgen
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
photonicsviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2626-1308
pISSN - 2626-1294
DOI - 10.1002/phvs.202000009
Subject(s) - rna splicing , optical fiber , materials science , fusion splicing , fiber , single mode optical fiber , optics , optoelectronics , physics , composite material , biology , genetics , rna , gene
Well‐established splicer devices for fiber‐to‐fiber splices have been on the market for many years. The availability of CO 2 laser‐based fiber splicing systems that can control the position and size of the heating zone has opened up new possibilities in the splicing of single and multiple fibers to optical elements of various sizes and shapes. The ability to control the splicing temperature in real time (ms range) enables precise and repeatable splicing results on a new level – especially for complex fiber structures such as large mode area (LMA) and hollow core fibers. Temperature‐controlled splicing also opens up the possibility of splicing different glass types (e.g. soft glass fibers).