title: Low loss elliptical core D-fiber to PANDA fiber fusion splicing.
abstract: Elliptical core D-fiber is difficult to fusion splice to other types of fiber due to its small core and D-shaped cladding. The presented method of splicing D-fiber to PANDA fiber involves using E-fiber in a bridge splice. The E-fiber core is expanded to match the mode of the PANDA fiber. The D-fiber is then connected to the E-fiber with a low temperature splice. Total system loss for fibers spliced using this method is 0.72 dB with a polarization crosstalk of less than 25 dB.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602, USA. jmkvavle@gmail.com
authors.forename: Joshua M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Kvavle
authors.forename: Stephen M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Schultz
authors.forename: Richard H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Selfridge
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008962:Models, Theoretical