Abstract
We demonstrate a novel method for low-loss splicing Ge-doped holey fibers (HF) with subwavelength core size and high numerical aperture fibers by using a conventional fusion splicer. We found that a large overlap distance of the fibers during fusion would decrease the splice loss and increase the splice strength. The lowest splice loss achieved for a fiber with a core diameter of 1.27 μm and air-filling fraction of >0.95 was ∼1 dB at 1550 nm, with a bend failure radius of 0.8 cm. With the same method, we also observed improvement in terms of loss and strength with larger core size HF.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 164-166 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | IEEE Photonics Technology Letters |
Volume | 21 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 12 Feb 2009 |
Keywords
- Optical fiber connecting
- Optical fiber splicing
- Photonic crystal fiber
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering