Abstract

A new axis-alignment method for single-mode fibers is proposed. To align core axes of the fibers to be spliced, light beams are excited by bending the fibers near the splice point; the fiber end faces are observed through a beam splitter. An average splice loss of 0.09 dB is attained.

© 1983 Optical Society of America

Monitoring method for axis alignment of single-mode optical fiber and splice-loss estimation

Tadashi Haibara, Michito Matsumoto, Tadatoshi Tanifuji, and Masamitsu Tokuda
Opt. Lett. 8(4) 235-237 (1983)

Core-axis-alignment method to achieve ultra-low-loss fusion splicing for single-mode optical fibers

Osamu Kawata, Kouichi Hoshino, and Koushi Ishihara
Opt. Lett. 9(6) 255-256 (1984)

Arc-fusion splicing of single-mode fibers. 2: A practical splice machine

Yasuyuki Kato, Shigeyuki Seikai, Nori Shibata, Shigeru Tachigami, Yuichi Toda, and Okosu Watanabe
Appl. Opt. 21(11) 1916-1921 (1982)

Arc-fusion splicing of single-mode fibers. 1: Optimum splice conditions

Yasuyuki Kato, Shigeyuki Seikai, and Mitsuhiro Tateda
Appl. Opt. 21(7) 1332-1336 (1982)

Statistical analysis of fusion splice losses for single-mode fibers

Osamu Kawata
Appl. Opt. 23(19) 3289-3293 (1984)