DocumentCode
399211
Title
Elimination of self-contamination in high-density low-loss single mode fiber array-connectors
Author
Nykolak, G. ; Wilder, G. ; Eskildsen, L. ; Patel, N. ; Strasser, T. ; Tsuda, Makoto ; Kobayashi, H. ; Carter, D.
Author_Institution
Photuris Inc., Piscataway, NJ, USA
fYear
2003
fDate
23-28 March 2003
Abstract
We report quantitative measurements of self-contamination in conventional and modified multiSMF MT connector ferrules. The modifications enable connector wear, insertion loss (IL), and IL reproducibility that are essentially equivalent to conventional ceramic ferrule connectors.
Keywords
optical arrays; optical fibre communication; optical fibre losses; optical interconnections; optical materials; ceramic ferrule connector; insertion loss; low-loss single mode fiber array-connector; modification enable connector wear; modified multiSMF MT connector ferrules; quantitative measurement; self-contamination; Backplanes; Ceramics; Cleaning; Connectors; Costs; Insertion loss; Optical arrays; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Testing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN
1-55752-746-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248588
Filename
1248588
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