Author Archives: tdrk

New book containing a chapter reviewing fiber fuse research in Japan

Space-Division Multiplexing in Optical Communication Systems
Extremely Advanced Optical Transmission with 3M Technologies
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87619-7
Springer Series in Optical Sciences book series (SSOS,volume 236)

Chapter 7 High power issues
Toshio Morioka, Kazi S. Abedin, Nobutomo Hanzawa, Kenji Kurokawa, Kazunori Mukasa, Ryo Nagase, Hidehiko Takara, Shin-ichi Todoroki, Makoto Yamada & Shuichi Yanagi
Pages 409-451 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87619-7_7

I wrote “7.1.1 Basic Properties.”

Fiber-fuse-like phenomenon in a bulk silica glass

D. Tokunaga, S. Sato, H. Hidai, S. Matsusaka, A. Chiba and N. Morita: “A
novel method of triggering fiber fuse inside glass by optical breakdown and
glass drilling as its application”, Applied Physics A, 400 (2019).
doi: 10.1007/s00339-019-2691-9

CW and pulse laser light beams are focused at a point in the glass. The pluses induce plasma which grows with the CW light. Video clips available.

Paper: Quantitative evaluation of fiber fuse initiation with exposure to arc discharge provided by a fusion splicer

S. Todoroki: “Quantitative evaluation of fiber fuse initiation with exposure to arc discharge provided by a fusion splicer”,
Scientific Reports, 6, 25366 (2016). doi: 10.1038/srep25366

The conditions required for a fiber fuse initiation in standard single-mode fibers were determined quantitatively. Systematic investigation on the energy flow balance between these energy sources revealed that the initiation process consists of two steps; the generation of a precursor at the heated spot and the transition to a stable fiber fuse. The latter step needs a certain degree of heat accumulation at the core where waveguide deformation is ongoing competitively. This method is useful for comparing the tolerance to fiber fuse initiation among various fibers with a fixed energy amount that was not noticed before.