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Microstructured fiber splicing

Bruno Bourliaguet, Claude Paré, Frédéric Émond, André Croteau, Antoine Proulx, and Réal Vallée

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Abstract

We present experimental results on Microstructured Optical Fiber (MOF) splicing with a simple method relying on conventional electric-arc splicers. The results are presented in terms of fusion losses and tensile strength. An electric-arc splicing system is used to demonstrate its effectiveness in splicing MOFs together as well as splicing MOF with a single mode fiber.

©2003 Optical Society of America

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Figures (6)
Fig. 1.
Fig. 1. SEM image of the MOF used for the experiment. The outer diameter of the fiber is 125 µm.

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Fig. 2.
Fig. 2. Experimental setup for the measurement of splice losses. A tunable semiconductor laser at 1550nm is used with an IR power meter.

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Fig. 3.
Fig. 3. Tensile strength versus splice losses for 3 different arc durations: diamond 0.40s, cross 0.45s, circle 0.50s.

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Fig. 4.
Fig. 4. (Left) SSMF-MOF splice without collapse (arc duration 0.4s). (Right) SSMF-MOF with collapse (arc duration 0.5s).

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Fig. 5.
Fig. 5. Picture of the splice region as seen through a microscope. The dotted circle encloses the region where the collapse occurred.

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Fig. 6.
Fig. 6. MOF-MOF tensile strength versus splice losses.

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