• DocumentCode
    944010
  • Title

    Triple-ball connector for optical fibres

  • Author

    Hensel, P.

  • Author_Institution
    Post Office Research Centre, Ipswich, UK
  • Volume
    13
  • Issue
    24
  • fYear
    1977
  • Firstpage
    734
  • Lastpage
    735
  • Abstract
    A demountable fibre connector which uses two interlocking sets of three balls to locate the fibres accurately and simultaneously to align the two parts of the connector has been constructed. The samples tested so far, using Corning stepindex fibre, have shown average losses of less than 0.2 dB with index matching and less than 0.5 dB without. The connector is cheap, easy to make and could be assembled in the field.
  • Keywords
    optical couplers; optical fibres; demountable fibre connector; optical fibres; triple ball connector;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19770518
  • Filename
    4240665
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=944010