Design and performance of single-mode plug-in type optical-fiber connectors

Author

Iwano, Shin´ichi ; Sugita, Etsuji ; Kanayama, Kazunori ; Nagase, Ryo ; Nakano, Kenichi

Author_Institution

NTT Opto-electron. Lab., Ibaraki, Japan

Volume

8

Issue

11

fYear

1990

fDate

11/1/1990 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1750

Lastpage

1756

Abstract

A new system of compact single-mode plug-in-type optical-fiber connectors is developed for multiple optical connections between a printed board and a back panel. This new system consists of two types of plug-in connectors: one has two optical plugs/jacks with 64 electrical terminals, and the other has four optical plugs/jacks without electrical terminals. This system utilizes a novel alignment mechanism for plugs and jacks and a novel fiber-core adjustment technology. The performance of assembled plug-in optical-fiber connectors was measured and confirmed to have the following characteristics: insertion losses are less than 0.4 dB and return losses are larger than 28 dB; mechanical tests such as mating, vibration, and shock, and environment tests such as temperature cycling, thermal aging, and high humidity with temperature cycling reveal extremely stable characteristics; and transmission tests using 1.8-Gb/s pseudorandom pulse patterns show low error rates of less than 10^-11

Keywords

environmental degradation; optical fibres; optical links; optical losses; alignment mechanism; back panel; electrical terminals; environment tests; error rates; fiber-core adjustment technology; high humidity; insertion losses; jacks; mating; multiple optical connections; performance; printed board; pseudorandom pulse patterns; return losses; shock; single-mode plug-in type optical-fiber connectors; temperature cycling; thermal aging; transmission tests; vibration; Connectors; Lifting equipment; Optical design; Optical losses; Plugs; Propagation losses; Pulse measurements; Temperature; Testing; Vibration measurement;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.60575

Filename

60575