Fusion splicing of heavy metal fluoride glass optical fibres
- 31 August 1989
- journal article
- Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Electronics Letters
- Vol. 25 (18) , 1214-1216
- https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19890814
Abstract
Heavy metal fluoride (HMF) glass optical fibres were spliced by fusing the two ends of fibres using a DC arc. An average optical loss of 0.08 dB per splice and strengths of up to 600 M Pa were achieved for fusion splices using an inert gas purge during splicing. Estimates are made to determine the feasibility of achieving a splice loss of 0.005dB for singlemode (HMF) fibres.Keywords
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