Virginia TechBarnes, Adam E.May, Russell G.Gollapudi, SridharClaus, Richard O.2014-04-042014-04-041995-12-01Adam E. Barnes, Russell G. May, Sridhar Gollapudi, and Richard O. Claus, "Sapphire fibers: optical attenuation and splicing techniques," Appl. Opt. 34, 6855-6858 (1995). doi: 10.1364/AO.34.0068550003-6935http://hdl.handle.net/10919/46962The optical attenuation in sapphire fibers was examined. Attenuation was found to depend heavily on injection conditions. A number of techniques for making sapphire-silica fiber splices were attempted, with an effort toward optimizing injection conditions in the sapphire fiber. The most successful of these techniques, interior capillary-tube splicing, produced robust splices with an attenuation of less than 1 dB.en-USIn CopyrightArticle - Refereedhttp://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-34-30-6855https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.34.006855