Whether this is a good idea depends on what you are trying to accomplish. Can you please explain in detail what kind of experiment/practical application you have in mind?
@@yourfavouriteta Hey thanks for getting back! Much appreciated. Specifically - I have a pump laser at 980 nm which has a HI1060 PM pigtail (non-connectorized), that I would like to test. The pump can go up to 800 mW, but I will be testing it around a few tens of mW, near the threshold. To do this, I was thinking of splicing a non-PM FC/APC pigtail to this, as I don't have PM pigtails, nor a PM splicer. I am not sure if there would be significant losses, and secondly, if I should be worried about back-reflections from the splice into the pump - or for that matter, even if there will be a good splice and mode matching. I have seen people arc twice for better diffusion, but I think that's basically the most I can do with my Fujikura 66S+.
Hi. I am trying to splice a HI1060 pmf to an smf28 non-pm fiber. Is it a good idea?
Whether this is a good idea depends on what you are trying to accomplish. Can you please explain in detail what kind of experiment/practical application you have in mind?
@@yourfavouriteta Hey thanks for getting back! Much appreciated.
Specifically - I have a pump laser at 980 nm which has a HI1060 PM pigtail (non-connectorized), that I would like to test. The pump can go up to 800 mW, but I will be testing it around a few tens of mW, near the threshold. To do this, I was thinking of splicing a non-PM FC/APC pigtail to this, as I don't have PM pigtails, nor a PM splicer. I am not sure if there would be significant losses, and secondly, if I should be worried about back-reflections from the splice into the pump - or for that matter, even if there will be a good splice and mode matching. I have seen people arc twice for better diffusion, but I think that's basically the most I can do with my Fujikura 66S+.
@@srikanthsugavanam8591 Thanks for providing more details, I have accepted your LinkedIn request and replied there!
@@srikanthsugavanam8591Hi. you shouldn't need to ark twice, also if your testing at high power you should use an isolator to protect your source.
@@mazzy19740 Cheers thanks!
Could you show how should connectors be attatched to bare PM fiber?