Kgomo, Mosima BWu, LorindaKoen, Wayne SMorris, D2020-12-032020-12-032017Kgomo, M.B. et al. 2017. Fusion splicing of double-clad large mode area fibres for fabrication of high power fibre lasers, pp1978-1-920017-73-6http://www.satc.org.za/archive17/documents.htmlhttp://hdl.handle.net/10204/11685Copyright 2017 The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.Fusion splicing is a fibre connection technology that is a key element in the fabrication of high power fibre lasers. Obtaining low optical transmission loss fusion splices remains a challenge in the development of high power fibre lasers. To address this problem, splicing experiments were conducted to find the best parameters to produce low splice losses (<0.1 dB). Due to the large number of splice parameters, the experimental methodology made use of fractional factorial design which enables the reduction of the required number of experiments by performing them at a certain specific combination of parameters. A system was setup to conduct splice loss measurements. The splice loss results were analysed by using a statistical tool called the analysis of variance (ANOVA) which revealed that gap distance and arc power 2 splice parameters have a stronger influence on the splice loss. Optimal splice parameter set points were found that produced the lowest average splice lossenFusion splicingHigh power fibre lasers.Optical transmissionsArticleKgomo, M. B., Wu, L., Koen, W. S., & Morris, D. (2017). Fusion splicing of double-clad large mode area fibres for fabrication of high power fibre lasers. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11685Kgomo, Mosima B, Lorinda Wu, Wayne S Koen, and D Morris "Fusion splicing of double-clad large mode area fibres for fabrication of high power fibre lasers." (2017) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11685Kgomo MB, Wu L, Koen WS, Morris D. Fusion splicing of double-clad large mode area fibres for fabrication of high power fibre lasers. 2017; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11685.TY - Article AU - Kgomo, Mosima B AU - Wu, Lorinda AU - Koen, Wayne S AU - Morris, D AB - Fusion splicing is a fibre connection technology that is a key element in the fabrication of high power fibre lasers. Obtaining low optical transmission loss fusion splices remains a challenge in the development of high power fibre lasers. To address this problem, splicing experiments were conducted to find the best parameters to produce low splice losses (<0.1 dB). Due to the large number of splice parameters, the experimental methodology made use of fractional factorial design which enables the reduction of the required number of experiments by performing them at a certain specific combination of parameters. A system was setup to conduct splice loss measurements. The splice loss results were analysed by using a statistical tool called the analysis of variance (ANOVA) which revealed that gap distance and arc power 2 splice parameters have a stronger influence on the splice loss. Optimal splice parameter set points were found that produced the lowest average splice loss DA - 2017 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Fusion splicing KW - High power fibre lasers. KW - Optical transmissions LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2017 SM - 978-1-920017-73-6 T1 - Fusion splicing of double-clad large mode area fibres for fabrication of high power fibre lasers TI - Fusion splicing of double-clad large mode area fibres for fabrication of high power fibre lasers UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11685 ER -