Title :
Splicing hollow-core photonic bandgap fibers to step-index fibers using an arc fusion splicer
Author :
Thapa, R. ; Corwin, K.L. ; Washburn, B.R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS
Abstract :
A method for splicing hollow-core photonic bandgap fiber to step-index fiber using a commercial arc fusion splicer has been developed. These splices compare favorably with commercially available splices for nonlinear optical interactions with gases.
Keywords :
holey fibres; nonlinear optics; optical fibre fabrication; photonic crystals; splicing; arc fusion splicer; fiber splicing; hollow-core photonic bandgap fibers; molecular gases; nonlinear optical interactions; step-index fibers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optical devices; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber sensors; Optical saturation; Optical scattering; Optical wavelength conversion; Photonic bandgap fibers; Splicing; (060.2310) Fiber optics; (060.4510) Optical communications; (120.3930) Metrological Instrumentation; (230.3990) Microstructure devices; (300.1030) Absorption;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628784
