Method of connecting optical fibers
AssigneeFurukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorKatsunori Imamura
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Abstract
A method of connecting a holey fiber to an optical fiber includes fusion splicing an end surface of the holey fiber and an end surface of the optical fiber thereby forming a joint section; and stretching the joint section while heating by pulling the holey fiber and the optical fiber away from each other in a longitudinal direction until an outer diameter of the joint section attains a predetermined value.
Claims6
A method of connecting a holey fiber to an optical fiber, the holey fiber includes a first core region and a first cladding region surrounding the first core region and having air holes arranged around the first core region, and the optical fiber includes at least a second core region and a second cladding region surrounding the second core region, the method comprising:
- fusion splicing an end surface of the holey fiber and an end surface of the optical fiber thereby forming a joint section;
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- stretching the joint section while heating by pulling the holey fiber and the optical fiber away from each other in a longitudinal direction until an outer diameter of the joint section attains a predetermined value.
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