Title :
Physical-contact-type fan-out device for multicore fibre
Author :
Abe, Y. ; Shikama, K. ; Yanagi, S. ; Takahashi, Tatsuro
Author_Institution :
NTT Photonics Labs., NTT Corp., Atsugi, Japan
Abstract :
Demonstrated is a fan-out device using small diameter fibres for 7-core singlemode multicore fibre, which realises a compact size with ferrules and a split sleeve, and also achieves physical contact connection with an average connection loss of 0.17 dB and a return loss exceeding 49 dB.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; optical fibres; 7-core singlemode multicore fibre; compact size; ferrules; optical fibre; physical contact connection; physical-contact-type fan-out device; return loss; split sleeve; transmission capacity;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2013.1262
