Optical fiber fusion splicing method and fusion splicing device
AssigneeSumitomo Electric Optifrontier Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroki AKIYAMA, Makoto MIYAMORI, Kazuyoshi OOKI, Ryosuke MEO, Ryuichiro SATO, Hiroshi TAKAYANAGI
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Abstract
An optical fiber fusion splicing method for performing fusion splicing through positioning of optical fibers to be spliced in a V-groove is provided. The optical fiber fusion splicing method includes pressing the optical fibers placed in the V-groove relatively toward the V-groove using a clamp, varying a clamp pressure of the clamp pressing the optical fibers, and moving the optical fibers placed in the V-groove with respect to the V-groove in an axial direction.
Claims5
An optical fiber fusion splicing method for performing fusion splicing through positioning of optical fibers to be spliced in a V-groove, the optical fiber fusion splicing method comprising:
- pressing the optical fibers placed in the V-groove relatively toward the V-groove using a clamp;
- varying a clamp pressure of the clamp pressing the optical fibers;
- and
- moving the optical fibers placed in the V-groove with respect to the V-groove in an axial direction.
An optical fiber fusion splicing device comprising:
- a V-groove configured to have optical fibers placed therein;
- a clamp configured to press the optical fibers placed in the V-groove relative to the V-groove;
- a clamp pressure varying mechanism configured to vary a clamp pressure of the clamp pressing the optical fibers;
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- a movement mechanism configured to move the optical fibers placed in the V-groove with respect to the V-groove in an axial direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.