公开(公告)号：US20170307825A1

公开(公告)日：2017-10-26

申请号：US15486556

申请日：2017-04-13

Applicant: Corning Incorporated

Inventor： Scott Robertson Bickham ,  Jeffrey Scott Clark ,  John David Downie ,  Jason Edward Hurley ,  Sergejs Makovejs ,  Aramais Robert Zakharian

IPC: G02B6/255 ,  G02B6/02 ,  H04B10/29

CPC classification number: G02B6/2551 ,  G02B6/02014 ,  G02B6/02019 ,  G02B6/2552 ,  H04B10/29

Abstract: An optical fiber connection is provided that includes a first optical fiber defining a first exterior surface and a first effective area. The first fiber defines a first tapered region tapering from a first nominal fiber diameter to a first tapered diameter. A second optical fiber has a second exterior surface and a second effective area less than the first effective area. The second fiber defines a second tapered region tapering from a second nominal fiber diameter to a second tapered diameter and a fiber splice optically coupling the first tapered region of the first fiber to the second tapered region of the second fiber. The first and second tapered regions taper such that the first and second exterior surfaces have a variance from a Gaussian function of less than 25% of the Gaussian function at each point along the first and second exterior surfaces.