• Chinese Journal of Lasers
  • Vol. 41, Issue 10, 1005004 (2014)
Zhang Chengdong*, Zhou Xuanfeng, Chen Zilun, and Xu Xiaojun
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    DOI: 10.3788/cjl201441.1005004 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Zhang Chengdong, Zhou Xuanfeng, Chen Zilun, Xu Xiaojun. Low Loss Fusion Splicing for Seven-Core Photonic Crystal Fiber by Selected Air Hole Collapse Technique[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2014, 41(10): 1005004 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    The muti-core photonic crystal fibers (MCPCF) is one major research direction to realize high power supercontinuum, and a key problem to realize all-fiber is how to solve the low loss fusion splicing for MCPCF. One method to realize low loss fusion splicing for seven-core PCF by selected air hole collapse technique is introduced. Mode field property and its effect on splicing loss both before and after process are numerically simulated. Selected air hole collapse is achieved for a seven-core PCF experimentally and a low loss (0.22 dB) is realized for splicing to a double cladding fiber with core diameter of 15 μm.
    Zhang Chengdong, Zhou Xuanfeng, Chen Zilun, Xu Xiaojun. Low Loss Fusion Splicing for Seven-Core Photonic Crystal Fiber by Selected Air Hole Collapse Technique[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2014, 41(10): 1005004
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