MT multifiber connectors and new applications

Author

Satake, Toshiaki ; Arikawa, Toru ; Blubaugh, P. William ; Parsons, Craig ; Uchida, Toshi K.

Author_Institution

US Conec Ltd., Hickory, NC, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

1-4 May 1994

Firstpage

994

Lastpage

999

Abstract

By using a miniature multifiber connector, the MT connector, which include a precise multifiber array and a passive alignment mechanism formed by two guide holes and pins, a passive alignment accuracy of 2 μm was obtained for 95% fibers. The passive alignment between a multimode 12-fiber ribbon terminated with MT connector and a VCSEL (Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser) array of 10 μm active diameter exhibited over 90% of coupling efficiency for the wide coupling range of 10 μm lateral offset and 100 μm separation. For fiberribbon to fiberribbon connection, MT push-on connector exhibited low connection loss of 0.327 dB in average and 0.67 dB in maximum for 600 fiber connections

Keywords

optical fibre couplers; optical fibre losses; reliability; 0.327 dB; 0.67 dB; 90 percent; MT multifiber connectors; connection loss; fiberribbon to fiberribbon connection; miniature fiber connector; multifiber array; passive alignment mechanism; Assembly; Connectors; Fiber lasers; Optical arrays; Optical coupling; Optical design; Optical fiber testing; Photonic band gap; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronic Components and Technology Conference, 1994. Proceedings., 44th

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0914-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECTC.1994.367507

Filename

367507