Optimization of fusion splice process for high numerical aperture coupler fiber and erbium doped fiber

Honggu Jiang; Timothy McMahon; Jie Li

doi:10.1117/12.633528

5 December 2005 Optimization of fusion splice process for high numerical aperture coupler fiber and erbium doped fiber

Honggu Jiang, Timothy McMahon, Jie Li

Proceedings Volume 6019, Passive Components and Fiber-based Devices II; 601916 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.633528
Event: Asia-Pacific Optical Communications, 2005, Shanghai, China

Abstract

Fusion splicing erbium doped fiber (EDF) to other single mode fibers has become more critical as the required overall insertion loss for erbium doped fiber amplifiers (EDFA) has significantly decreased in the last few years. In this paper, we describe and discuss an approach to develop a low loss splice method for fusion splicing high numerical aperture (NA) 980/1600 wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) coupler fiber and EDF. The results indicate that the fiber end preparation before the fusion is especially critical for obtaining a low loss splice for the fiber pair.

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Honggu Jiang, Timothy McMahon, and Jie Li "Optimization of fusion splice process for high numerical aperture coupler fiber and erbium doped fiber", Proc. SPIE 6019, Passive Components and Fiber-based Devices II, 601916 (5 December 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.633528

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