Title:

Fusion Splicing and Testing of Photonic Crystal Fibers, Journal of Telecommunications and Information Technology, 2009, nr 1

Creator:

Borzycki, Krzysztof

Subject and Keywords:

measurement ; fusion splicing ; temperature cycling ; mechanical testing ; photonic crystal fibre ; polarization mode dispersion

Description:

Properties of two different photonic crystal fibers (PCF) were characterized, enabling comparisons. Properties investigated included spectral attenuation, polarization mode dispersion (PMD), optical time domain reflectometer characteristics, elastooptic factor describing transmission delay induced by axial strain plus effects of temperature cycling and fiber twist on PMD and loss. In particular, temperature and twist dependence of PMD was different for each fiber tested. For optical measurements, fibers were fusion spliced to pigtails with standard telecom single mode fibers. PCF splicing procedures and solutions adopted to minimize collapse of holes during arc fusion and splice loss are presented. It was found that fusion splicing procedure must be individually tailored to each combination of fibers.

Publisher:

Instytut Łączności - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy, Warszawa

Date:

2009, nr 1

Resource Type:

artykuł

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

ISSN 1509-4553, on-line: ISSN 1899-8852

DOI:

10.26636/jtit.2009.1.918

ISSN:

1509-4553

eISSN:

1899-8852

Source:

Journal of Telecommunications and Information Technology

Language:

ang

Rights Management:

Biblioteka Naukowa Instytutu Łączności