Re: Tolerable power loss in connector (heat generation)

No they don't. You need someone who is a great splicer and has access to a high end splicer such as a Vytran. They can make a tapered core fuse when splicing the two ends together. (the places I used to deal with are now out of business so I can't help with that part of the problem) However, this will not totally solve your problem. There is a reason that the two fibers are a different size. You need to find out the wavelength for each fiber and if they are single mode or multimode. If you try and splice a 850 fiber to a 1550 fiber you will have problems even if you taper the cores together. The same with SM to MM. You will get loss into the cladding.

P. Danek

mmachtin@xxxxxx wrote:
Hello

Meanwhile I found out that the fibers have a different NA(0.19 vs
0.11) and a different core-diameter(12.5 vs 8.7). I guess that
explains the loss. I intend to use up to 2W. Is it possible to buy a
patchcord for differnt diameters and NA? I have tried to find one but
I was't succesful. I would appreciate if someone could post a web
address.

Thanks


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