Influence of Wavelength and Temperature Changes on Optical Performance of Fiber Joints With Small Gap

Author

Kihara, Mitsuru ; Tomita, Shigeru ; Haibara, Tadashi

Author_Institution

NTT Access Network Service Syst. Labs., Ibaraki

Volume

18

Issue

20

fYear

2006

Firstpage

2120

Lastpage

2122

Abstract

We have investigated the characteristics of optical fiber joints with a small gap over wide wavelength and temperature ranges. When there is a small air gap between fiber ends, the insertion loss increases between 0.0 and 0.6 dB over a wide wavelength range of 0.7-1.7 mum and a wide temperature range of -40 degC to +80 degC. The return loss varies greatly and the worst value is about 9 dB. The return loss depends on temperature with fiber end joints that employ index matching material. The value varies from more than 50 dB to a worst value of 35 dB at low temperature

Keywords

optical fibre losses; optical fibre testing; thermo-optical effects; -40 to 80 degC; 0.0 to 0.6 dB; 0.7 to 1.7 mum; fiber ends; index matching material; insertion loss; optical fiber joints; return loss; temperature changes; wavelength changes; Connectors; Fresnel reflection; Joining materials; Joining processes; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical materials; Optical refraction; Temperature; Connector; optical fiber connecting; optical losses; reflection;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2006.883256

Filename

1705504