Fusion splicing holey fibers and single-mode fibers: A simple method to reduce loss and increase strength

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 164-166

  Tse, M L V ^a   Tam, H Y ^a   Fu, L B ^b   Thomas, B K ^b   Dong, L ^b   Lu, C ^a   Wai, P K A ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b IMRA AMERICA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical fiber connecting; Optical fiber splicing; Photonic crystal fiber

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; FEEDBACK; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; GERMANIUM; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

1550 NM; AIR-FILLING FRACTIONS; CORE DIAMETERS; CORE SIZES; FUSION SPLICERS; FUSION SPLICING; HIGH NUMERICAL APERTURES; LOW LOSS; NOVEL METHODS; OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTING; OPTICAL FIBER SPLICING; OVERLAP DISTANCES; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER; SIMPLE METHODS; SPLICE LOSS; SUB WAVELENGTHS;

HOLEY FIBERS;

EID: 59649095746     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.2009467     Document Type: Article

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