Arc fusion splicing of hollow-core photonic bandgap fibers for gas-filled fiber cells

The difficulty of fusion splicing hollow-core photonic bandgap fiber (PBGF) to conventional step index single mode fiber (SMF) has severely limited the implementation of PBGFs. To make PBGFs more functional we have developed a method for splicing a hollow-core PBGF to a SMF using a commercial arc sp...

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Published in:Optics express 2006-10, Vol.14 (21), p.9576-9583
Main Authors: Thapa, R, Knabe, K, Corwin, K L, Washburn, B R
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Language:English
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Summary:The difficulty of fusion splicing hollow-core photonic bandgap fiber (PBGF) to conventional step index single mode fiber (SMF) has severely limited the implementation of PBGFs. To make PBGFs more functional we have developed a method for splicing a hollow-core PBGF to a SMF using a commercial arc splicer. A repeatable, robust, low-loss splice between the PBGF and SMF is demonstrated. By filling one end of the PBGF spliced to SMF with acetylene gas and performing saturation spectroscopy, we determine that this splice is useful for a PBGF cell.
ISSN:1094-4087
1094-4087
DOI:10.1364/oe.14.009576