Optical Fiber Fusion Splicing
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This book is an up-to-date treatment of optical fiber fusion splicing incorporating all the recent innovations in the field. It provides a toolbox of general strategies and specific techniques that the reader can apply when optimizing fusion splices between novel fibers. It specifically addresses considerations important for fusion splicing of contemporary specialty fibers including dispersion compensating fiber, erbium-doped gain fiber, polarization maintaining fiber, and microstructured fiber. Finally, it discusses the future of optical fiber fusion splicing including silica and non-silica based optical fibers as well as the trend toward increasing automation. Whilst serving as a self-contained reference work, abundant citations from the technical literature will enable readers to readily locate primary sources.
1Introduction12Fiber preparation and alignment273Mechanics of fusion splicing494Optics of fusion splicing915Splice loss estimation and fiber imaging1376Splice strength, reliability, and packaging1617Splice measurement and characterization1838Splice process optimization and special splicing strategies2039Fusion splicing of specialty fiber22910Splicer hardware : state of the art255App. AList of mathematical symbols267App. BList of abbreviations275App. CList of relevant published standards and requirements277
