Title :
Fusion mass-splicing for optical fibres by discharge heating
Author :
Tachikura, Masao
Author_Institution :
NTT Ibaraki Electrical Communication Laboratory, Tokai, Japan
Abstract :
A mass-splicing technique for tape-unit silica fibres based on discharge fusion is demonstrated. Five pairs of fibres are simultaneously fused and spliced together by the heat from the electric discharge between two pairs of electrodes. The average splice loss for 50 ¿m-core graded-index fibres is 0.22 dB.
Keywords :
cable jointing; losses; optical fibres; optical workshop techniques; discharge heating; fusion mass-splicing; optical fibres; splice loss; tape-unit silica fibres;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19810485
