• DocumentCode
    1377506
  • Title

    Injection moulded optical alignment sleeve for singlemode connection

  • Author

    Sato, Hikaru ; Shuto, Y. ; Yanagi, S. ; Ohno, M. ; Tamura, Yoshinobu ; Tohno, S.

  • Author_Institution
    NTT Opto-Electron. Labs., Ibaraki
  • Volume
    34
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    3/19/1998 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    585
  • Lastpage
    586
  • Abstract
    Plastic optical alignment sleeves for singlemode connection were successfully fabricated by the thermoset injection moulding process. The split sleeves exhibit excellent dimensional accuracy (±2 μm) and have extremely smooth surfaces (Ra<0.1 μm). They are compatible with SC-type connectors and the average optical loss was <0.1 dB for singlemode SC plugs
  • Keywords
    optical fibre couplers; optical fibre losses; optical fibre subscriber loops; SC-type connectors; average optical loss; dimensional accuracy; optical alignment sleeve; optical fibre connectors; singlemode SC plugs; singlemode connection; thermoset injection moulding process;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19980380
  • Filename
    674303