CPC G02B 27/0994 (2013.01) [G02B 6/2555 (2013.01); H01S 3/06783 (2013.01); G02B 6/2551 (2013.01); G02B 6/2553 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a fiber fixture situated to receive and secure an output end of a first fiber in a first position and a second fiber in a second position;
a fiber tip alignment mechanism situated to align an input end of the first fiber proximate an output end of the second fiber, the fiber tip alignment mechanism comprising a first inner fiber fixture portion and a second inner fiber fixture portion, the first and second inner fiber fixture portions being translatable in one or more directions; and
a splicing mechanism situated to splice the aligned input end and output end so as to form a fiber splice having a selected tilt angle corresponding to a selected beam parameter product (bpp) increase associated with beam propagation through the fiber splice from the first fiber to the second fiber.
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