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New Approach for High Reliability, Low Loss Splicing between Silica and ZBLAN Fibers

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New Approach for High Reliability, Low Loss Splicing between Silica and ZBLAN Fibers

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  • Author: Robin Carbonnier, Wenxin Zheng
This paper presents results obtained by using the high thermal expansion coefficient of the ZBLAN fiber to encapsulate a smaller SiO2 fiber. A CO2 laser glass processing system was used to control the expansion and contraction of the ZBLAN material during the splicing process for optimum reliability.

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