The
ever increasing number of applications for optical fiber in the areas
of optical communications and fiber sensors has led to a multitude of
different fiber types being used. Modern systems can have a combination
of different fiber types in a single installation. This leads to a
requirement for low loss jointing of fibers with radically different
core diameters, cladding diameters and core refractive index profiles.
Feasa has developed a core diffusion process which allows the splice
loss between any pair of equal diameter single-mode fibers to be
radically reduced.