An effective splicing method on photonic crystal fiber using CO2 laser

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 942-944

  Chong, Joo Hin ^a   Rao, M K ^a   Zhu, Yinian ^a   Shum, Ping ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bubble; Electric arc splicer; Optical fiber splicing; Photonic crystal fiber (PCF)

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; CONDENSATION; ELECTRIC ARCS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER (PCF);

SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

EID: 0038340366     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2003.813410     Document Type: Article

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