Single mode 1 × 8 fused couplers

Author

Yodo, Shigehito ; Hasemi, Akio ; Shimizu, Masanobu

Author_Institution

Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Chiba, Japan

fYear

1993

Abstract

The 1 × 8 optical star coupler for single mode fiber (SMF) is reported. Using seven 2 × 2 fused couplers, a 1 × 8 optical star coupler is developed. The characteristics and the reliability test results of this star coupler are reported. Before fabricating the 1 × 8 star coupler, total insertion loss and loss uniformity are estimated, and seven 2 × 2 fused couplers are selected. A high performance 1 × 8 star coupler is achieved based on this estimation. Evaluated environmental temperature cycling, humidity resistance, thermal aging, water immersion, and vibration are evaluated. Throughout these tests, insertion loss change is less than 0.3 dB

Keywords

optical fibre couplers; environmental temperature cycling; high speed digital services; humidity resistance; loss uniformity; optical star coupler; reliability test results; single mode fiber; single mode fused couplers; thermal aging; total insertion loss; vibration; water immersion; High speed optical techniques; Insertion loss; Optical fiber couplers; Optical losses; Optical polarization; Splicing; State estimation; Temperature dependence; Testing; Thermal resistance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical/Hybrid Access Networks, 1993., 5th Conference on

Conference_Location

Montreal, Que.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1249-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OHAN.1993.587731

Filename

587731