Fusion splicing special large-mode-area single-mode optical fibers and conventional single-mode fibers

Ziqing Shen; Jianguo Ren; Huayong Yang

doi:10.1117/12.904906

5 December 2011 Fusion splicing special large-mode-area single-mode optical fibers and conventional single-mode fibers

Ziqing Shen, Jianguo Ren, Huayong Yang

Proceedings Volume 8198, 2011 International Conference on Optical Instruments and Technology: Optoelectronic Devices and Integration; 81980N (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.904906
Event: International Conference on Optical Instruments and Technology (OIT2011), 2011, Beijing, Beijing, China

Abstract

The special optical fibers, with large mode field, are developed for fabricating high power optical fibers passive components. If a conventional fiber optical laser is used as optical source, the coupling efficiency between special optical fibers and conventional single mode fibers (SMFs) need to be improved. We investigate the specialty optical fibers property and its effect on the coupling efficiency using an electric arc fusion splicer. Improper splicing parameters can lead to coupling efficiency sharply decreased. Several splicing methods are utilized, and all the results are proposed. Comparing these results, we find a set of splicing parameters for reducing the scattering loss at the splice point. It was demonstrated that properly splicing parameters can make coupling efficiency greatly increased; furthermore, a balance between splicing strength and coupling loss was achieved.

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Ziqing Shen, Jianguo Ren, and Huayong Yang "Fusion splicing special large-mode-area single-mode optical fibers and conventional single-mode fibers", Proc. SPIE 8198, 2011 International Conference on Optical Instruments and Technology: Optoelectronic Devices and Integration, 81980N (5 December 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.904906

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