Open AccessUltrasonic splicing of polymer optical fibres
Author(s) -
Mizuno Y.,
Ohara S.,
Hayashi N.,
Nakamura K.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
electronics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 146
ISSN - 1350-911X
DOI - 10.1049/el.2014.1224
Subject(s) - ultrasonic sensor , optical fiber , rna splicing , materials science , polymer , optoelectronics , acoustics , optics , composite material , computer science , physics , biology , gene , genetics , rna
A new method of splicing polymer optical fibres by irradiation of megahertz ultrasonic waves is demonstrated. The lowest connection loss of 1.5 dB is obtained at 2 MHz, and a high mechanical strength of 59 N (close to the strength of the base polymer) is achieved at 1 MHz. It is shown that the loss and strength are in a trade‐off relationship, and that the duration of ultrasonic irradiation has a certain optimal value of ∼1 s.