• DocumentCode
    1900660
  • Title

    Fusion splicing soft-glass suspended core fibers to solid silica fibers for optical fiber sensing

  • Author

    Englich, F.V. ; Schartner, E.P. ; Murphy, D.F. ; Ebendorff-Heidepriem, Heike ; Monro, T.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. for Photonics & Adv. Sensing (IPAS), Univ. of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    5-9 Dec. 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    We report fusion splicing of soft-glass suspended small-core fibers to conventional silica single-mode fibers for integration with conventional fiber systems. Heat-induced damage to the microstructured fiber region is minimized by using a low-power iridium filament.
  • Keywords
    fibre optic sensors; glass; heating; holey fibres; optical fibre fabrication; silicon compounds; splicing; SiO2; fusion splicing soft glass suspended core fiber; heat induced damage; low power iridium filament; microstructured fiber; optical fiber sensing; Heating; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Silicon compounds; Solids; Splicing; fusion splicing; microstructured optical fiber; optical fiber sensor; soft-glass;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT), 2010 35th Australian Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Melbourne, VIC
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929904
  • Filename
    5929904
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1900660