• DocumentCode
    689546
  • Title

    Experimental study on thermal profile of graphite filament and its effect on optical fiber fusion splicing

  • Author

    Donghui Zhao ; Ghalmi, Samir ; Giaretta, Giorgio ; Pelaprat, Jean-Michel

  • Author_Institution
    Vytran LLC, Morganville, NJ, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    By utilizing a novel high-temperature measuring method, we investigated thermal profile of graphite filament for fiber fusion splicing. The experimental results indicate its excellent uniformity with less than 6.42% temperature fluctuation over 1.5mm diameter area.
  • Keywords
    graphite; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre testing; optical materials; splicing; temperature measurement; thermo-optical effects; C; graphite filament; graphite uniformity; high-temperature measuring method; optical fiber fusion splicing; size 1.5 mm; temperature fluctuation; thermal profile; Heating; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Splicing; Temperature measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833932