Fusion Splicing for a Large Mode Area Photonic Crystal Fiber with Conventional Single Mode Fiber

  • Shaymaa N. Ismail
  • Hanan J. Taher
  • Abdul Hadi Al-Janabi

Abstract

In this paper the experimentally obtained conditions for the fusion splicing with photonic crystal fibers (PCF) having large mode areas were reported. The physical mechanism of the splice loss and the microhole collapse property of photonic crystal fiber (PCF) were studied. By controlling the arc-power and the arc-time of a conventional electric arc fusion splicer (FSM-60S), the minimum loss of splicing for fusion two conventional single mode fibers (SMF-28) was (0.00dB), which has similar mode field diameter. For splicing PCF (LMA-10) with a conventional single mode fiber (SMF-28), the loss was increased due to the mode field mismatch.

Published
2019-02-08
How to Cite
Ismail, S., Taher, H. and Al-Janabi, A. (2019) “Fusion Splicing for a Large Mode Area Photonic Crystal Fiber with Conventional Single Mode Fiber”, Iraqi Journal of Laser, 13(A), pp. 9-17. Available at: http://ijl.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/IJL/article/view/69 (Accessed: 17November2019).
Issue
Vol 13 No A (2014): Vol 13 No A (2014): Part A Vol.13 2014
Section
Articles