Title :
Injection moulded plastic ferrules for singlemode optical fibre connections
Author :
Yanagi, S. ; Sato, H. ; Shuto, Y. ; Ohno, M. ; Tohno, S.
Author_Institution :
NTT Opto-Electron. Labs., Ibaraki, Japan
fDate :
1/7/1999 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors have succeeded in injection moulding plastic ferrules which have an eccentricity of <1 μm by using an eccentricity control system developed by them. These plastic ferrules show good connection characteristics which make them useful for singlemode optical applications
Keywords :
moulding; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre fabrication; eccentricity control; injection moulding; plastic ferrule; single-mode optical fibre connection;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19990025
