Abstract
To successfully install and maintain an optical fiber communications system, techniques for splicing individual and groups of optical fibers under field conditions must be developed. A number of techniques can be found in the literature for fabricating individual fiber splicesd.1,2,3,4,5 The feasibility of splicing groups of optical fibers has also been demonstrated by A. H. Cherin,6 C. M. Miller7 and E. L. Chinnock.8 In all of the splicing procedures developed, good fiber ends, proper alignment of the fibers within the connector and tight diameter control of the fibers used were essential in obtaining low loss splices. In this paper, a first step toward developing a technique for splicing linear arrays of fibers (fiber ribbons) using a splicing tool to create a multigroove embossed splice connector is described and evaluated.
© 1975 Optical Society of America
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