Aerospace grade fiberoptic components of bendable fiber and multi-channel fiber rotary joint

Author

Jing Zhao

Author_Institution

Agiltron Inc., Woburn, MA, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

22-24 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

34

Lastpage

35

Abstract

Agiltron has developed new mill-spec fiberoptic components of bendable fiber and multi-channel fiber joint. Agiltron is near production of a new class of multimode fiber that is more durable and bendable yet less cost to replace the current mil-spec qualified fibers used in aerospace. We have demonstrated 100 times lower in bending loss than current fibers, little distortion to data transmission, can be spliced and butt connected to conventional fibers with little loss, can withstand extreme fatigue and stress corrosion factor. Agiltron has also produced a 4 channel miniature and ultra reliable 4-channel fiberoptic rotary joint (FORJ).

Keywords

aerospace components; optical fibre losses; aerospace grade fiberoptic components; bendable fiber; bending loss; multi-channel fiber rotary joint; multimode fiber; Costs; Optical design; Optical distortion; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Stress;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Avionics, Fiber-Optics and Phototonics Technology Conference, 2009. AVFOP '09. IEEE

Conference_Location

San Antonio, TX

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3358-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AVFOP.2009.5342740

Filename

5342740