DocumentCode
1311183
Title
Optical fiber design for field mountable connectors
Author
Li, Ming-Jun ; Saravanos, Costas
Author_Institution
Telecommun. Product Div., Corning Inc., NY, USA
Volume
18
Issue
3
fYear
2000
fDate
3/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
314
Lastpage
319
Abstract
This paper presents a study on optical fiber and connector ferrule assembly design optimization aimed at minimizing modal interference in field-mountable single-mode fiber connectors that utilize a ferrule mounted short fiber stubs and integrated splices. A theoretical model for analyzing the modal interference is proposed and verified experimentally. It is shown that modal interference can be reduced by optimizing both the fiber design and its surrounding material.
Keywords
assembling; modules; optical communication equipment; optical design techniques; optical fibre couplers; optical interconnections; optimisation; design optimization; ferrule mounted short fiber; fiber design; field mountable connectors; field-mountable single-mode fiber connectors; integrated splices; modal interference; optical fiber connector ferrule assembly; optical fiber design; Assembly; Connectors; Design optimization; Insertion loss; Interference; Optical design; Optical fiber losses; Optical fibers; Power system modeling; Production facilities;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0733-8724
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/50.827502
Filename
827502
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