Abstract

The application of optical waveguides in long lengths may require permanent joints (splices). The idea behind hot splices is simple and basic to glass: heat the fibers and fuse them together. This is accomplished by a small electric arc. A series of twenty splices of identical multimode fibers shows an average splice loss of 0.26 dB. Single mode fiber splices were also attempted, as well as a series of splices on different multimode fibers, and results are reported.

© 1976 Optical Society of America

Splicing silica fibers with an electric arc

D. L. Bisbee
Appl. Opt. 15(3) 796-798 (1976)

Optical waveguide cable connection

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