The Type-35SE fusion splicer is a portable, self-contained instrument for creating low-loss optical fiber splices. The splicer automatically aligns a pair of fibers in both the X and Y (horizontal and vertical) planes and then fuses them with heat from an electric arc to form a low-loss splice.
The fusion operation require less than 35 seconds, and the average splice loss is 0.03 decibels (dB) or less. HDCM (high resolution direct core monitoring) image processing software in the splicer estimates the splice loss based on the degree of alignment of the fiber cores at the splice point. The splicer accepts a variety of silica-glass fibers with cladding diameters ranging from 80um to 150um.
