Fiber Fusion Splicing
Specialty fibers are at the heart of high-power fiber lasers, medical devices, sensing systems, and photonic components. Splicing and shaping these fibers demands far more than a standard telecom fusion splicer can offer. Large-diameter, polarization-maintaining, photonic crystal, and large-mode-area fibers all need a stable, precisely controlled heat source, accurate alignment, and repeatable processing to achieve low-loss, high-strength results.
SuperbIN offers Thorlabs Vytran® fiber processing systems, a complete platform covering every step from cleaving, splicing, and tapering to recoating and proof testing. Compared with conventional arc fusion heaters, Vytran’s filament-based heater provides uniform, precisely controlled high-temperature heating of large-diameter fibers. Because the heat source is isolated from the environment, filament fusion splicing does not depend on ambient conditions. For advanced glass shaping, CO₂ laser-based systems provide clean, consumable-free heating for large end caps and complex fiber terminations.
Key Features
Filament fusion technology for stable, uniform, and repeatable heating
CO₂ laser heating for clean, consumable-free glass processing
Splicing of SM, MM, PM, photonic crystal, and large-mode-area fibers
Large-diameter fiber cleaving, splicing, and tapering
Automated core imaging and fiber alignment
Complete workflow: strip, clean, cleave, splice, taper, recoat, and proof test
Suitable for R&D, prototyping, and high-volume production
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