Title :
Stripping-free mechanical splicer
Author :
Abe, Y. ; Hirota, H. ; Asakawa, Shuichirou ; Kobayashi, Junya
Author_Institution :
NTT Photonics Labs., NTT Corp., Atsugi, Japan
Abstract :
Proposed is a novel mechanical splicer using a stripping-free fibre connection, which achieves a low connection loss and simple assembly. A singlemode fibre connection with an average loss of 0.2 dB is demonstrated.
Keywords :
cable jointing; optical fibre communication; communication medium; low connection loss; optical fibre; singlemode fibre connection; stripping-free fibre connection; stripping-free mechanical splicer;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2012.0824
