Design and performance of very high-density multifiber connectors employing monolithic 60-fiber ferrules

Author

Takaya, Masaaki ; Nagasawa, Shinji ; Murakami, Yasuji

Author_Institution

Access Network Service Syst. Lab., NTT, Ibaraki, Japan

Volume

11

Issue

11

fYear

1999

Firstpage

1446

Lastpage

1448

Abstract

High-density high-count mechanically transferable (MT) type and multifiber push-on (MPG) type connectors were constructed by using a monolithic 60-fiber ferrule which aligns five stacked 12-fiber ribbons. The connectors have a high packaging density of 286 fibers/cm/sup 2/ for the MT type and 40 fibers/cm/sup 2/ for the MPO type. We fabricated both types of 60-fiber connector. The average insertion loss of the MT type was 0.20 dB with index-matching and that of the MPO type was 0.70 dB without index-matching.

Keywords

optical design techniques; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre losses; optical interconnections; 0.2 dB; 0.7 dB; 60-fiber connector; average insertion loss; high packaging density; high-density high-count mechanically transferable type connectors; index-matching; monolithic 60-fiber ferrules; multifiber push-on type connectors; very high-density multifiber connector design; Connectors; Fresnel reflection; Geometry; Insertion loss; Optical devices; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Optical losses; Packaging;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.803074

Filename

803074