• 2025-06-13

Selection guide for Cladding Alignment vs. Core Alignment Fusion Splicers Core Concept: Cladding Alignment: Aligns fibers based on their outer cladding surfaces. Simpler, faster, cheaper. Core Alignment: Actively images and aligns the actual light-carrying cores of the fibers. More precise, sophisticated, expensive. Fiber Type & Application: Choose Cladding Alignment If: Splicing standard sing...

• 2025-06-06

Optical fibers always exhibit some degree of birefringence, even if they have a circularly symmetric design because in practice there is always some amount of mechanical stress or other effect which breaks the symmetry. As a consequence, the polarization of light propagating in the fiber gradually changes in an uncontrolled (and wavelength-dependent) way, which also depends on any bending of ...

• 2025-05-23

   In the rapidly evolving field of fiber optic, one innovation stands out for its potential to revolutionize how we transmit data: hollow core fiber. Traditional optical fibers, which have been the backbone of telecommunications for decades, guide light through a solid glass or plastic core. However, hollow core fibers offer a groundbreaking alternative by channeling light through a hol...

• 2025-05-16

Tiny yet mighty, polarization-maintaining (PM) fibers with 40–80μm cladding diameters are revolutionizing photonics by merging compactness with unmatched polarization control. Here’s how they’re reshaping industries: Space-Saving Navigation:  Fiber optic gyroscopes (FOGs) use 40μm PM fibers to pack kilometer-long coils into drones/satellites, cutting weight/volume by 60%. Panda-type designs (...

• 2025-05-09

Ribbon fiber is a type of optical cable that consists of multiple optical fibers arranged in parallel and packaged into a flat ribbon structure. Its main advantages are high-density wiring and efficient installation. The following are the main uses of ribbon fiber and its application scenarios: 1. Communication network and data center Backbone network and metropolitan area network: used for long-d...

• 2025-04-25

In today's high-speed digital world, reliable fiber optic networks are the backbone of global communication. Whether you're working in telecommunications, data centers, or military applications, a high-quality fiber optic fusion splicer is essential for achieving low-loss, high-performance connections. But with so many models and brands available, how do you choose the right one? In this guide, we...

• 2025-04-17

In the field of industrial laser sources, large diameter fiber is widely used in core components such as pump sources, combiners, and QBH interfaces because of its high power transmission capability. Fiber connection failures (such as breakage and excessive loss) of these components directly affect laser performance and even cause equipment downtime. Traditional splicers are difficult to meet the ...

• 2025-04-08

Hollow-core fiber (HCF) is a novel optical fiber technology with a hollow core, where light propagates primarily through air or gas instead of traditional glass media. In recent years, breakthroughs in materials and manufacturing technologies have unlocked significant potential for HCF in terms of performance and applications. Below is a detailed analysis of its development history, technical adva...

• 2025-04-03

Yes, ribbon fusion splicers can splice single-core fibers, but this depends on the specific machine’s configuration and operation. Below is a summary and analysis of key information: 1.Machine Compatibility for Single-Core Splicing Ribbon splicers typically feature replaceable clamps to accommodate different fiber counts. For example, the Shinho-X950 ribbon splicer explicitly supports single-core ...

• 2025-03-27

Polarization-Maintaining Fiber (PMF) plays an irreplaceable role in fiber-optic communications, fiber-optic sensing (such as fiber-optic gyroscopes, fiber-optic current transformers), medical equipment, and other fields because it can maintain the polarization state of light waves715. However, its fusion splicing technology has long faced problems such as low coating stripping efficiency, insuffic...