Title :
Single-mode ribbon connector exhibiting 0.2 dB loss without index matching during 300 cycles of repeated connection test
Author :
Jacobs, A.C. ; Khoe, G.D. ; Vroomen, L.J.C.
Author_Institution :
Philips Res. Labs., Eindhoven, Netherlands
Abstract :
Ribbon connectors employing 11-fibre ferrules were prepared using a novel CC-CC (cylindrical coordinate adjusted-cylindrically convex surface) approach. Manufacture of the connector can be established using techniques and tools already matured in existing single-mode connector factories
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical couplers; optical fibres; optical losses; optical testing; 0.2 dB; cylindrical coordinate adjusted cylindrically convex surface; index matching; single-mode ribbon connector;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 1988. (ECOC 88). Fourteenth European Conference on (Conf. Publ. No.292)
Conference_Location :
Brighton
