Re: Connection Loss for Fusion-spliced PM SMF

On Jun 27, 1:50 pm, "sushe...@xxxxxxxxx" <sushe...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
There have been a few threads on this subject, but I would like to get
the opinion from this newsgroup on a specific question.

For 1.55 microns, what is the lowest connection loss that I can get by
fusion-splicing two PM single-mode fibers? I have seen results
ranging from 0.02 dB to 0.2 dB, and am not sure what is possible.
This is assuming that I can get state-of-the-art splicing equipment.
If you can also point me to references supporting the loss values, I
would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks,
Susheem

Premium splicers are the only way to go, but losses should be the same
as for standard SMF using them. Fujikura/AFL Ericcson, and Vytran
have PM-capable splice units I'm aware of (listed them in price range
order)

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