Title :
Integrity of optical fiber communication components: reliability of structural epoxy
Author :
Etemad, S. ; Scerbo, E. ; DeRosa, F. ; Burpee, C.
Author_Institution :
Bellcore, Morristown, NJ, USA
fDate :
25 Feb.-1 March 1996
Abstract :
Summary form only given. In this contribution we report an adverse aging effect on the integrity of fiber-epoxy-substrate structures for three commonly used epoxies that together account for the structural epoxies used in the majority of commercially available passive optical fiber components such as optical power splitters, and WDM fiber couplers.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical fibre couplers; telecommunication network reliability; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM fiber couplers; adverse aging; commercially available passive optical fiber components; fiber-epoxy-substrate structures; optical fiber communication component integrity; optical power splitters; reliability; structural epoxies; structural epoxy; Filters; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse generation; Pulse inverters;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications, 1996. OFC '96
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-422-X
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1996.907723
