Fiber Preparation and Alignment -- Mechanics of Fusion Splicing -- Optics of Fusion Splicing -- Splice Loss Estimation and Fiber Imaging -- Splice Strength, Reliability, and Packaging -- Splice Measurement and Characterization -- Splice Process Optimization and Special Splicing Strategies -- Fusion Splicing of Specialty Fiber -- Splicer Hardware: State of the Art.This book is an up-to-date trea…