DocumentCode
893091
Title
Highly stable physical-contact optical fiber connectors with spherical convex ends
Author
Shintaku, Toshihiro ; Sugita, Etsuji ; Nagase, Ryo
Author_Institution
NTT Opto-Electron. Lab., Ibaraki, Japan
Volume
11
Issue
2
fYear
1993
fDate
2/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
241
Lastpage
248
Abstract
Highly stable physical-contact optical fiber connectors achieved by optimizing ferrule end structures are described. Ceramic ferrule material, the curvature radius of the ferrule endfaces, and the convex vertex eccentricity from the ferrule central axis were studied. On the basis of these studies, single-mode and multimode fiber connectors with stable low-insertion loss and high-return-loss characteristics were fabricated
Keywords
optical couplers; optical design techniques; optical fibres; optical losses; ceramics; convex vertex eccentricity; curvature radius; ferrule central axis; ferrule end structures; ferrule endfaces; fibre connector design; high-return-loss; low-insertion loss; multimode fiber; physical-contact optical fiber connectors; single mode fibre; spherical convex ends; Ceramics; Connectors; Contacts; Fresnel reflection; Laboratories; Optical fiber theory; Optical fibers; Optical materials; Temperature; Ultraviolet sources;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0733-8724
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/50.212533
Filename
212533
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