DocumentCode
1182951
Title
Super-multi-fibre PLC connector utilising angled connection between PLC and tens of fibres
Author
Asakawa, S. ; Abe, Y. ; Nagase, R.
Author_Institution
NTT Photonics Labs., Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp., Atsugi, Japan
Volume
39
Issue
7
fYear
2003
fDate
4/3/2003 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
611
Lastpage
612
Abstract
A novel super-multi-fibre planar lightwave circuit (PLC) connector, designed to connect tens of optical fibres and a PLC for super-multichannel PLC-based optical modules with a receptacle interface, is proposed. This connector employs an angled connection instead of a PC connection. A 0.127 mm pitch 32-fibre connector is also demonstrated, which exhibits low connection and high return losses.
Keywords
modules; optical communication equipment; optical fibre couplers; optical planar waveguides; 0.127 mm; all-optical networks; angled connection; high return losses; low connection losses; optical fibres; photonic networks; planar lightwave circuit; receptacle interface; super-multi-fibre PLC connector; super-multichannel PLC-based optical modules;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:20030376
Filename
1194138
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