title: Microstructured fiber splicing.
abstract: We present experimental results on Microstructured Optical Fiber (MOF) splicing with a simple method relying on conventional electric-arc splicers. The results are presented in terms of fusion losses and tensile strength. An electric-arc splicing system is used to demonstrate its effectiveness in splicing MOFs together as well as splicing MOF with a single mode fiber.
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bourliaguet
authors.forename: Claude
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Paré
authors.forename: Frédéric
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Emond
authors.forename: André
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Croteau
authors.forename: Antoine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Proulx
authors.forename: Réal
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vallée