DocumentCode
973310
Title
Fusion mass-splicing for optical fibres by discharge heating
Author
Tachikura, Masao
Author_Institution
NTT Ibaraki Electrical Communication Laboratory, Tokai, Japan
Volume
17
Issue
19
fYear
1981
Firstpage
694
Lastpage
695
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;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19810485
Filename
4245963
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