ITU L.12:2008
ITU L.12:2008 Optical Fibre Splices Describes splices critical points in the optical fibre network, as they strongly affect not only the quality of the links, but also their lifetime.
Table of Contents
1Scope2Normativereferences
3Abbreviationsandacronyms
4Typesofsplices:Generaldescription
4.1Fusionsplices
4.2Mechanicalsplices
5Splicingproceduresteps
5.1Fibrecleaningandendpreparation
5.2Coatingstripping
5.3Cleaningofthebarefibreends
5.4Fibrecleaving
5.5Splicing
5.6Fieldsplicelossmeasurements
6Functionalpropertiesofthesplices
6.1Recommendedcharacteristicsforsingle-modefibre
splices
6.2Performancecriteriaformultimodefibresplices
AppendixI-Indexofrefractionmatchingmaterialsfor
mechanicalopticalfibresplices
AppendixII-Japaneseexperienceonopticalfibresplicing
Bibliography