An analysis of ultra low reflection characteristics of FPC connectors

Author

Kurokawa, Hiroaki ; Ikuno, Soichiro ; Mitachi, Seiko

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron., Tokyo Univ. of Technol., Hachioji, Japan

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

10-14 Nov. 2002

Firstpage

738

Abstract

In this paper, we show the numerical results of return loss characteristics of fibre physical contact (FPC) connector in order to discuss its ultra-low reflection. In the numerical analyses, the stress in the fibre due to the buckling force of the FPC connector is considered, and we define the distribution of refractive indices because of the stress in the fibre. The results show over 70 dB return loss due to the distribution of the refractive index around the fibre endface. Since the numerical results shows the similar characteristics to the experimental results, we can conclude that our numerical approach is effective to the analysis of FPC connector.

Keywords

optical fibre couplers; optical fibre losses; optical interconnections; reflectivity; refractive index; 70 dB; FPC connectors; fibre endface; fibre physical contact connector; refractive indices; stress; ultra low reflection characteristics; ultra-low reflection; Connectors; Contacts; Flexible printed circuits; Insertion loss; Numerical analysis; Optical fibers; Optical losses; Optical reflection; Stress; Time domain analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2002. LEOS 2002. The 15th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7500-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2002.1159518

Filename

1159518