White Papers
This Stream includes all of our White Papers Flipbooks
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Read FlipbookNew Approach for High Reliability, Low Loss Splicing between Silica and ZBLAN Fibers
This paper presents results obtained by using the high thermal expansion coefficient of the ZBLAN fiber to encapsulate a smaller SiO2 fiber.
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Read FlipbookHigh Efficiency Pump Combiner
In this paper we present an all fiber end pumped 7x1 pump combiner fabricated by CO2 laser splicing system.
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Read FlipbookFiber Cladding Mode Stripper
Presented and characterized are an optimized cladding mode stripper design that increases the cladding light loss with a minimal device length and manufacturing time.
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Read FlipbookBall Shaped End Caps
In this paper, general ball shaped end-caps are studied and illustrated. Different ball shaped end-caps were tested and measured for a variety of applications.
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Read FlipbookAnnular Heating of Optical Fiber with a CO2 Laser Using Reflective Axicon Elements
By offsetting the light structure, precise localized zone heating and annealing of specific areas at a fiber’s surface can be achieved as well.
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Read FlipbookDWDM Expansion over CWDM
DWDM allows you to add additional capacity without replacing your existing CWDM infrastructure and with minimal—if any—service interruption.
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Read FlipbookNew Ultra-Density Fiber Cable Technology for FTTx and Access Markets Using New SpiderWeb Ribbon®
The new ultra-density fiber optic cable technology, called Wrapping Tube Cable (WTC), utilizes a new optical fiber ribbon arrangement technology called SpiderWeb Ribbon (SWR®).
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Read FlipbookLeveraging ADSS Cable Technology in Utility FTTx Networks
Alternate cable stub options and how they could be used to lower overall FTTx deployment costs to provide rural Americans with access to reliable, high-bandwidth internet.
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Read FlipbookFourier Analysis Method for Asymmetric Polarization-Maintaining Fiber Alignment
The new method for alignment of asymmetric polarization-maintaining (PM) fibers improves alignment accuracy for PM fibers with asymmetric stress applying parts.
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Read FlipbookNew Designs Increase Functionality of Specialty Fiber
Advanced fiber designs will further improve component performance, enhance reliability, simplify manufacturing processes and reduce material costs.
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Read FlipbookTruEvent® OTDR Event Analysis
TruEvent helps AFL OTDR provide users with highly accurate and reliable automated event tables.
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Read FlipbookMeeting the Unique Test Challenges of FTTx Deployment
FTTx PONs present unique installation and maintenance troubleshooting challenges.
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Read FlipbookFASTConnect® or FUSEConnect®—Which Should You Choose?
Field-installable connectors provide a convenient method for terminating fiber optic cable at remote job site locations.
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Read FlipbookStripping Optical Fibers Utilizing the Fujikura Polyimide Coating Stripper (PCS-100)
The recently released Fujikura PCS-100 is a novel stripping tool for removing polyimide coating from optical fibers.
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Read FlipbookFiber Connector Inspection -- Why It Matters and How It Works
Your network is important. Making sure your connector is cleaned and inspected can prevent the need for costly maintenance in the future.
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Read FlipbookInterrelation Profile Analysis Method for Alignment of Polarization-Maintaining Fiber
A new method for alignment of polarization-maintaining (PM) fibers has been developed that solves alignment problems with low-contrast PM fibers.
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Read FlipbookHeating Power Feedback Control for CO2 Laser Fusion Splicers
A novel feedback control method has been developed for an automated splicer using a CO2 laser as the heating element.
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Read FlipbookArc Power Calibration for Fusion Splicing Optical Fibers with Variety Diameters
A novel arc calibration method has been developed for fusion splicing optical fibers with a large variety of glass diameters.
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Read FlipbookAutomated Alignment and Splicing for Multi-Core Fibers
A novel method for aligning multi-core fibers (MCF) provides a systematic approach for MCF splicing in the lab, in cable factories, and in the field.
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Read FlipbookOptic Lenses Manufactured on Fiber Ends
By using CO2 laser fusion technology, many components with extreme geometries and critical requirements, which were very hard to make in the past, can now be easily manufactured.
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