Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin
The station enables splicing of optical fibers (max. diameter: 2 mm), manufacturing fiber-optic tapers, bundling optical fibers and manufacturing optical power combiners by cleaving a bundle with abuilt-in cleaver and splicing it to an optical fiber. The station is equipped with a high resolution vision system which enables real-time control of performed processes, precise selection of the cleaving location, as well as measurements of the diameter along the length of an optical fiber. As a heat source the station utilizes thermally stabilized plasma which – together with the built-in vacuum system – ensures operational temperatures ranging from below 300 up to over 3000°C. The station ensures flexibility in adjusting dimensional properties of the heat zone thanks to theexchangeable two- or three-electrode heat source.
