Title :
Multi-glass-rod optical-fibre splicers made by drawing technique
Author :
Nagasawa, S. ; Murata, H.
Author_Institution :
NTT Ibaraki Electrical Communication Laboratory, Tokai, Japan
Abstract :
New splicers for optical fibres have been fabricated in a process in which arrayed glass rods are heated and drawn together. The splicers exhibit low average splicing loss of less than 0.1 dB, slight loss fluctuation of less than 0.05 dB in the temperature range ¿20°C~ +60°C, and are potentially low in cost.
Keywords :
optical couplers; optical fibres; arrayed glass rods; average splicing loss 0.1 dB; butt joint method; multiglass rod splicers; optical fibre splicing;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19800101
