Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1536536 | Optics Communications | 2012 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
A method based on controlled air hole collapse for low-loss fusion splicing small-core photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) and single-mode fibers (SMFs) was demonstrated. A taper rig was used to control air hole collapse accurately to enlarge the MFDs of PCFs which was then spliced with SMFs using a fusion splicer. An optimum mode field match at the interface of PCF-SMF was achieved and a low-loss with 0.64 dB was obtained from 3.57 dB for a PCF with 4 μm MFD and a SMF with 10.4 μm MFD experimentally.
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Authors
Xuanfeng Zhou, Zilun Chen, Haihuan Chen, Jing Hou,